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| andreeacorodeanu | Route Climbed: Direct Route.  Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2009 | |
| Three hours to the top. Weather was good but foggy. Climbed with mi novio Boriss. Stayed 5 seconds at the top and we boggied on down due to thunder threatening. Nice views of Quito from the Teleferiqo area. A great acclimatization climb and training for the next climbs to be done in Ecuador. | |
| Posted Oct 26, 2009 1:58 pm | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Direct Route. Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2009 | |
| Started at 10:30 am. Weather was good but cloudy. Andreea (ROM) and I climbed up by the direct route. Got to the top 3 hours later. Great views of Quito from teleferico. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 1:55 pm | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Direct Route. Date Climbed: Dec 10, 2008 | |
| Christine (USA) and I started our hike at 10:00 am from the teleferico trailhead. Perfect weather. We chose to scramble up by the direct route. A russian team followed our moves all the way up to the summit. Easy scramble up and down El Paso de la Muerte (Pass of death). Got to the summit (4,698 m/15,413 ft) at 1:00 pm. We took hundreds of pictures of the surroundings, the crater and of ourselves. Got back to Quito at 3:00 pm. Total climbing time: 5 hours. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 1:51 pm | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Direct Route. Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2008 | |
| My friend Katy and I got to the top in two hours. Easy scrambling to the summit (4,698 m/15,413 ft). We took a short trail before the first arete and then headed straight up with no problems at all. Dry conditions in the whole mountain. We summited and headed down by the normal route. RT time: 3h 30 minutes. Posted Jul 21, 2008 2:09 pm | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 1:48 pm | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Direct Route. Date Climbed: Feb 15, 2008 | |
| Héloïse (FRA) and I started at 11:00 am. We took an easy pass by the southwestern side of Rucu, in order to avoid a few exposed passes in the first pitch of the climb. We got to "Paso de la Muerte" soon after. Climbed up a couple of feak summits and ended up on the true summit. We returned by the normal route. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 1:44 pm | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Direct Route. Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2007 | |
| Started at 9:00 as soon as the teleferico opened. Climbed with Pablo and Vero. Easy 3rd class scramble, with some exposed passes, one of them "Paso de la Muerte" where one of my best friends Colon Falconi fell to his dead 4 months later. Returned by the normal route. . Colon Falconi (Nov/74 - May/07). | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 1:40 pm | ||
| summiter | Ruco Pichincha | |
| I have climbed Ruco 3 times- 7/23/o5, 8/6/05, 2/19/06 and Padre Encantado once- 8/6/05. All of them great experiences. The first time we camped on the summit and rock climbed on some cliffs below in the morning. Ruco offers pretty descent rock- a rare thing in Ecuador. Did the ridge twice and the sandslide once. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2006 2:00 am | ||
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