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| jjdubs | after 6 days in ecuador  Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2013 | |
| we arrived in ecuador on the morning of january 11. we were only spending 8 days here and wanted to acclimatize and climb chimborazo and cotopaxi. having finished our decent of cotopaxi less than 36 hours ago, we started at 1145pm under clear skies. the guards had warned us that due to icy conditions and increased rock fall danger, we would need mucho suerte. we reached the whymper summit at 6am and were back to safety by 845. the conditions below the glacier was uncomfortably icy scree but we never felt like we were in danger. the glacier was steep the snow was soft and we were able to move as fast as our sea-level hearts would take us. in the end, we topped off our 5th volcano in 7 days (pasachoa, rucu pichincha, el corazon, cotopaxi, chimborazo). | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2013 8:07 pm | ||
| jm141302 | Normal route, missed the rock fall Date Climbed: Jan 13, 2013 | |
| Started from the lower refuge at 23:00 under clear weather. Both refuges were open but no beds. Got to the Veintimilla summit at 4:25am. Got to Whymper at about 5:15 and waited an hour for the sunrise. Fantastic views. Going up and down, the guide took us to where we never were directly below a rockfall area. I saw the ice with hanging rock, but we never got close enough to need helmets. | |
| Posted Jan 14, 2013 10:50 am | ||
| Cissa | The famous rock fall Date Climbed: Jan 9, 2013 | |
| Arrived at the hut under foggy weather and no visibility. Got up at 22h to clear skies and pretty much no wind, and decided to give it a go. In under 2h and about 5350m wind picked up and rock fall started, scary! Stones the size of marbles hit my helmet strongly while other people saw larger stones pass by. Had to run down quickly. Seems to me this route is no longer a good choice, a better option would be to climb from the ridge that starts near the first hur and therefore skips the dangerous El Corredor, although adding 2h to the climb. | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2013 5:07 pm | ||
| rbirrer | Winter solstice summit Date Climbed: Dec 21, 2012 | |
| Reached the Whymper summit at 4:30am on Dec 21st. Had consistently read and heard that rockfall in El Corridor occurs relatively early on this mountain so made the decision to leave the Whymper refuge at 10:15pm, about 45 min before most climbers depart. Having only been in Ecuador 5 days prior to the climb (and having summitted Rucu Pichincha and Illiniza Norte) I figured I would need a bit of extra time to make up for my minimal acclimatization. Fortunately route finding through El Corridor did not present too much of a problem and the glacier conditions were excellent. Some violent lightning storms off in the distance over the Amazon so didn't stay on top very long. All in all a challenging but very rewarding climb! Rich | ||
| Posted Dec 26, 2012 11:12 am | ||
| pokie | normal route Date Climbed: Feb 23, 2012 | |
| climbed on no sleep. man that felt...long | ||
| Posted Dec 19, 2012 6:08 pm | ||
| jamesbaily | Ventimilla May 6th Date Climbed: May 6, 2012 | |
| Climbed under a beautiful full moon, really nice views at times but didn't have much of a chance to take them in as we had to keep going up. Climbed slow as I was quite fatigued, combination of a little altitude sickness I guess (although no headache) and only 1.5hrs sleep before leaving at c 11.15pm from the Whymper Refuge Made it to the Veintimilla summit finally at c. 7.15am, so we climbed pretty slow by general standards - tour agency said its normally 6-8hrs to the main Whymper summit Couldn't continue to Whymper due to the time mostly, but it was a white out up top, coulnd't see the Whymper summit Still, first time over 6,000m so stoked! And on very bed prep also, came straight from Riobamba the night before, was meant to sleep t 3,800m and do some light treking the day before, but got bitten by a dog ;p | |
| Posted May 7, 2012 12:50 pm | ||
| Socorro | Cold and beautiful Date Climbed: Jan 24, 2012 | |
| It´s a long one!! I climbed super slow...left early and got there late. Made it to the Veintimilla summit with Pablo from AndesTrek (ridiculously awesome guide except he´s returning to the U.S. for climbing season! Returns in November?), celebrated, and had to go down. Sun was shining hard. Saw the mountain´s shadow and Sangay erupting. Felt not-so-great coming down but crazy enough, I´d like to do it again later this year... | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2012 1:49 pm | ||
| MMclimbhigh | Castillo Route Date Climbed: Dec 9, 2011 | |
| New snow every day on our trip to Ecuador. Deep trail breaking up final 500 meters. Reached the summit in -20C, high winds and no visibility. A great experience and a great climb. Went right from the Carrel hut. Chimborazo is a big, bad mountain! | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2011 4:48 pm | ||
| mreiter1 | Almost Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2009 | |
| Made it to about 20,000' | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2011 2:05 pm | ||
| hunterslee | Normal Route Date Climbed: Dec 11, 2010 | |
| It took two attempts: my climbing partner had altitude sickness stop us on the first attempt a week earlier. Climbed Cotopaxi after that first attempt and came back back a week later, this time with a guide (needed a climbing partner) and was much stronger and faster. 8.5 hour round trip from the Whymper hut. Great view from the summit! | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2011 12:34 am | ||
| LS | Finally good weather Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2011 | |
| It had been really unreliable weather in Ecuador this June, but when I arrived the refuge of Chimborazo the weather suddenly changed to blue skies and hardly any wind at all, just in time. See trip report, GPS track and photos at my blog Distantpeak | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2011 9:02 pm | ||
| 7summits | Fast and cold Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2010 | |
| As mentioned below, do not start too early if you climb fast. We left at 01.00, summited the real (Whymper) summit before 0600 and had to wait maybe 30 minutes for the sun to rise, which was pretty cold. Then about 2 hours down. Route was easy and consistent, though also very cold when going up, one of few times I climbed with down jacket on. | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2011 1:29 pm | ||
| edomar2611 | Wonderful Sunrise Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2008 | |
| I reached Ventimilla summit (6270 m) during a wonderful sunrise. When I reached the summit it was impossible to continue up to the main summit due to a wind storm (more than 80 km/h) | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2011 8:42 am | ||
| wmolland | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2011 | |
| Followed the normal route up to the summits. The frozen gravel was less than enjoyable at the start, but the climb up was not all that bad. It is a very long climb that goes consistently up at about 35 degrees, but it is all on good snow. Once you get to the ridge it´s just a matter of putting one foot in front on the other for a long long time. The farthest point from the center of the earth is pretty awesome! Got to see Sangay erupt a few times just at sunrise. Sweet! | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2011 1:55 pm | ||
| CBakwin | Yo Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2011 | |
| Wow, not sure what happened, ran outta steam 300 meters from the top. Long steep snow slog and the snow was loose near the top causing me lots of problems. I think the 10pm ¨wake up¨was also a problem.....Ayway, this was pretty straightforward, beautiful full moon night. | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2011 9:18 am | ||
| mirhash | Whiteout on the summit Date Climbed: Jan 3, 2011 | |
| Managed to do the normal route from the laguna above the whymper refuge in 6.5 hours. Couldn't get to the Whymper summit due to the whiteout on top but it was a hell of a climb! | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2011 12:53 am | ||
| andre hangaard | High camp Date Climbed: Dec 10, 2010 | |
| Two days on Chimborazo. Johan Dahlström and me climbed the normal route through a rather safe snow covered El Corridor up to El Castillo where we pitched our tent and camp for the evening. The weather conditions were perfect with almost no wind at all despite from low clouds hanging over El Castillo. At 11:00pm we woke up to a bright night full of stars and made a straight forward climb over the huge snowcovered flank of this huge mountain. We summited Cumbre Whymper at around 07:00. Some cold winds up at the top and a mix of sun and clouds. Later around noon the weather deterioated and while we were descending El Corridor (far too late) we were in mist and rain. | |
| Posted Dec 16, 2010 10:56 am | ||
| DCcoug | Avalanche Risk Date Climbed: Jun 16, 1999 | |
| No attempt due to elevated avalanche conditions while we were there. The climbers memorial grave markers near the Whymper hut give you a little extra motivation to be cautious. Too bad, looked like a fun climb - the surrounding countryside is beautiful. Some big sloppy St. Bernard dog jumped all over me in the village we stopped at on the way back to Quito ... | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2010 5:13 pm | ||
| starybaran | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2010 | |
| Started at 11:40pm, summited Whimper at 4:40am, return to Whimper hut at 6:20am. Clear skyes but, didn´t waited for sunrise due to coldness. For everyone who walks bit faster than other climbers, do not start at midnight, i recommend at 02:00 or 03:00 am to avoid summiting before sunrise. It should be absolutely sufficient. Easy climb, didn´t need to use ice axe just as a walking stick. | ||
| Posted Jul 23, 2010 3:09 pm | ||
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