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| Epica | One of the best days of my life! Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2008 | |
| Started out around midnight from the refuge, but the lack of acclimatization finally caught up with me and didn't make it to the top. I still loved being on that mountain and will be back one day, with much more time to enjoy! | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2009 12:32 am | ||
| Shirley Lam | Thank goodness...  Date Climbed: Jan 29, 2009 | |
| I was still getting over some pretty bad stomach problems, so it was nice that mother nature had a little pity for me and gave us great weather and snow conditions! | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2009 3:25 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | Awesome conditions Date Climbed: Jan 29, 2009 | |
| Clear/windless night made the summit push a breeze especially since we were well acclimated having climbed Chimborazo and Cotopaxi a few days before. Great view over a sea of cloud from the top. | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2009 5:19 pm | ||
| Bill Kish | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2009 | |
| Wet weather left a lot of new snow on the mountain. We turned around at 5100m due to unstable snow conditions. | |
| Posted Jan 26, 2009 10:46 am | ||
| 0302Explorer | Normal Route Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2008 | |
| After a long, lousy winter here we got lucky and had good conditions under a full moon. With a lot of new snow, we were concerned about conditions. It was a bit soft at the base of the glacier but firmed up quickly and we had nearly perfect conditions. A narrow bridge over a crevasse near the summit presented the only real challenge beyond the altitude - smooth sailing to a frigid summit with fantastic views all the way to Chimborazo. We spent the night at the plateau above the refuge. While we were concerned about leaving our tents and gear, we were alone on the mountain and back in time to beat the first day hikers up to the plateau. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2008 10:57 pm | ||
| kommish | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2008 | |
| Great views, was a wonderful sunrise. | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2008 6:46 pm | ||
| Hotfeet | Standard route Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2008 | |
| A very long and worthwhiole climb. Beautiful mountain. Very windy. | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2008 8:44 pm | ||
| lefty | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jan 9, 2008 | |
| This was a very enjoyable and relatively easy climb. The slope is much less steep than Cotopaxi, except near the top. It was a clear and windless night with nice snow conditons. We had to downclimb into the Bergshrund near the top and use two tools to climb back out of it on the way down. Some groups managed to get around it on the left side. | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2008 1:16 am | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2005 | |
| Edgar and I started climbing up at midnight from the refuge. Ice/snow conditions were good, even though we fell inside a couple of small snow covered cravasses at the base of the summit:-). Summited few minutes after sunrise, The view was great. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2007 12:55 am | ||
| Bill562 | Cayambe normal route Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Haliku and Axe. This climb was much easier than slogging up Coto in bad weather. Ironically, good weather on Cayambe is much more rare than on Coto. A good boot track was present most of the way. The crux was the 70 deg snow bridge across the bergshrund. This climb made it five for five peaks in Ecuador for our team on this trip. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2007 5:40 pm | ||
| Haliku | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2007 | |
| What a beautiful day; blue sky and sunny with light winds for most of the climb! Axe, Bill562 and I climbed with Guide Freddy Ramirez of Sierra Nevada. There is still some snow on the road so we had to carry gear to the hut. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2007 9:47 am | ||
| bolojm | Summited via normal route Date Climbed: Feb 18, 2005 | |
| We fought through an ice storm on the way up...totally coated in ice, but we made it! The clouds cleared and the sun came out for the way down. Forgot to put sunscreen on the underside of my nose...ouch! It was a great day, not as much trouble at nearly 19,000' as I thought I would have. No Diamox, just Gingko, Cytomax, luck and determination even though I felt nauseous at 18,000'. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2007 5:14 am | ||
| marauders | Climbed Normal Route: Jan 12, 2007 Date Climbed: Jan 12, 2007 | |
| The mountain was in perfect condition. We left at midnight and summited in 7 hours under a blanket of stars. During the last 30 minutes the sun rose and the winds kicked up to 40mph with moist clouds that covered us in a sheet of ice. We crossed over 8 cravesses but they were very narrow and safe to cross. The bergschrund at the top also had a large, secure snow bridge that made for very easy crossing. I can't imagine this mountain could have been in much better conditions. We were fortunate! We didn't have a guide, so the clear night was mandatory for safe route finding. There is no boot track on Cayambe so good route finding or a guide is necessary. The hut is easily the best in Ecuador. It seems like a small resort compared to the others. | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2007 6:07 pm | ||
| moneal | Normal route Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2007 | |
| Got blown off the mountain by high winds (40-50 mph sustained with higher gusts). Turned around shortly after the glacier started. Too bad cause I felt great | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2007 3:04 pm | ||
| tjbst47 | normal route Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2007 | |
| Hired a guide (The Explorer, Riena Victoria, Mariscal) after my partner left. Nice guy, but I question his techniques. Tried to short rope me (3 m) which I didnt allow, and he didnt carry any pro and anchor building materials. Anyhow, he knew the route well and there is no path in the snow like Coto and Chimbo. Easy summit after climbing Chimbo. 5.5 hours from the hut. The real story is how the brakes when out on the jeep on the way down the mountain. Rolled the jeep onto the roof. Scary, but fortunately no one was hurt. | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2007 12:08 am | ||
| LC | Weird weather Date Climbed: Dec 22, 2006 | |
| Started out at midnight after a very long and sleepless night. Perfect snow conditions on the ascent. Reached the summit around 9am. Beautiful view. The descent was pretty horrible. It must have been 95 degrees and it was snowing! Snow was very soft on the descent. | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2007 5:12 am | ||
| Outdoorpartner | Avalanche danger Date Climbed: Dec 7, 2006 | |
| About a third of the way, we found 3 feet of unconsolidated snow on top of glacier ice. We turned around due to avalance danger. We saw avalanches the next morning. Very dangerous conditions! | |
| Posted Dec 16, 2006 12:57 pm | ||
| BalletBoy | Ruta Normal - Oct. 25th, 2006 Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2006 | |
| A beautiful starry night guided myself and Woodie Hopper to the Summit of this beautiful mountain for the first of our "Big Three" climbs in Ecuador. The windy summit made it cold but otherwise a perfect day with impressive views. The refugio is the nicest in all of Ecuador. Don't miss out on climbing this mountain! | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2006 8:57 pm | ||
| Woodie Hopper | Ruta Normal Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2006 | |
| Climbed with Nord Sandstrom. We had beautiful weather and snow conditions, but a lot of wind near and on the top. We had stunning views of Antisana, Cotopaxi, the Ilinizas and Chimborazo. We even watched El Reventador erupt briefly while on the summit- awesome! | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2006 7:49 pm | ||
| peakrat76 | Ruta Normal Date Climbed: Nov 14, 1991 | |
| A big, dangerous mountain with plenty of crevasses and objective danger. No crowds here in 91. A much more interesting and wild mountain than Cotopaxi. Summit reached in fog. (Our van almost slid off of the steep approach road below the hut on our departure in a wild rain storm!) The first peak on a memorable expedition. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 10:33 pm | ||
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