I bet it was more fun. Ivan Vallejo is a legend and a great person!.. He is the 7th climber out of 10 who climbed ALL 8000'ers without supplementary oxygen.
He is the only South American to do so, and the second in the whole continent after Ed Viesturs from the USA.
edomar2611 - Feb 16, 2011 8:34 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2008
Normal Route in a snow storm
I climbed Cotopaxi during a snowy storm, leading for the first time a group of three persons.
No panorama!
cookedfish - Feb 11, 2011 3:29 pm Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2010
Beautiful Mountain
My buddy and I, who were spending the semester studying in Ecuador, made it up over the weekend with a local guide. Cotopaxi was a beautiful mountain, an easy enough climb for the beginners that we were, and a good experience with our guide. It certainly helps to live in Quito awhile in order to acclimatize.
wmolland - Feb 1, 2011 1:50 pm Date Climbed: Jan 24, 2011
Cloudy summit
We left too early and were left shivering under the final steep ice/snow section for an hour waiting for the sun to rise. Got to the top in clouds but it was still an awesome climb up. Some of the ice formations are wild up there!
Senad Rizvanovic - Jan 29, 2011 8:04 pm Date Climbed: Jan 26, 2011
AWESOME!
new hight point for me,FANTASTIC WEATHER! I was preparing for this climb last few months, maybe i should go for Chimbo or Cayambe, but there is always next time.
tmfaust21 - Jan 27, 2011 6:49 pm Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2011
Nice day
Great weather and a new high point for myself
dbakwin - Jan 24, 2011 11:46 pm Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2011
good day
it is the best way to spend your early morning
Boriss Andean - Jan 17, 2011 3:27 pm Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011
Nice summit day!
Climbed with Tilo and Katherine, both from Germany. I looked back down to Paulo PAROFES from time to time. He taught me a new Portuguese word “gostosa”.
The weather was perfect, clear sky. Our climb was lit by a bright half-moon which showed us our way to follow. I barely used my headlamp.
We got to the summit (5,897 m / 19,347 ft) at 6:30 am, exactly five and a half hours after leaving from the refuge. Awesome views of the crater and other mountains.
Totally happy. I summited Illiniza Sur the following day. :)
Inday - Jan 17, 2011 10:40 am Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011
Success!
Left the refuge at 1:10 am in two rope teams, one of three and the other of two, and summited in 4 hours and 40 minutes. We were first on summit that day, right in time for the sunrise! Absolutely breathtaking!
PAROFES - Jan 15, 2011 7:07 pm Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011
OK!
Okay people insisted and i went up there.
Summited solo in alpine style. Camp 100m outside the refuge...
Almost frostbite on one finger, really crazy. Have to buy new gloves...
Perfect and clear day. Back in the refuge by 09:45 am.
Finaly.... :)
Ah, and i did with a damn cold, my throat infected as hell...
Now have to get some rest and get better...
Bumped into Boris several times during the climb and together at the summit!
You were right Rob!
I got famous at the hut because i got to know all local guides and they all knew i was the brazilian climbing solo at the third attempt hehehe
But for that time, i set up my tent around 100m far away from the refuge to do some good photos and enjoy some time alone.
At the little fun ice climbing part close to the summit, i was soloing it with my ice tools and one guide liked and took several photos of me, i wish i could find him to get that photos hehehe...
Glad to heard the weather finally worked out for you! By the way, this is one of the US climbers from Tennessee. Met you at Central del Mundo. I finally took your advice and got a summitpost account. We flew out the morning you were going for the summit and the weather was awesome. We figured you were probably on the summit or just coming down as it was about 7am when we were flying out. good luck to you
mirhash - Jan 15, 2011 12:47 am Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2010
First taste of higher altitude unguided
We were the last ones to the top after starting at 2am but we caught with the last group and had some spectacular views!
CBakwin - Jan 12, 2011 7:12 am Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2011
yo
We tried to sleep in a jam packed refugio..not much luck, up just after midnight, out the door at 1:30 after the rush....clear starry night but wind, probably around 24 degrees with 15mph wind gusting to 40, all the way up. long beautiful slog, if we coudl have seen it (it was dark the whole way up) reached the top in just under 5 hours, then descending in the light but clouds had rolled in before sunrise, so we saw no views, but nice ice and snow bridges ..... Very fun!
PAROFES - Jan 10, 2011 5:05 pm Date Climbed: Jan 10, 2011
Bad weather again...
That's it, i'm done with cotopaxi.
Checked the weather forecast for Cotopaxi the night before! Amazing...it said to me i d get perfect conditions at 9th and today, 10th, perfect cloudless sky until around 14:00h.
Got to the parking lot at 11am, it was snowing again...walk up to the refuge under snow again, and freezing cold...
Went to sleep with the winds singing all night long.
Woke up at 23:30h, not even got the chance of leave the refuge, worst conditions ever.
Again, nobody summited Cotopaxi today.
That's it, i'm not gonna try anymore, really pissed off....
7summits - Apr 5, 2011 1:13 pm Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2010
icey and crevassedcold, windy and icy and a very crevassed route, the normal route had changed because of this. Summited with zero visibility and a layer of ice on me.
Met Ivan Vallejos, so that was more fun than the summit :)
Boriss Andean - Apr 5, 2011 1:41 pm
Ivan vallejo!I bet it was more fun. Ivan Vallejo is a legend and a great person!.. He is the 7th climber out of 10 who climbed ALL 8000'ers without supplementary oxygen.
He is the only South American to do so, and the second in the whole continent after Ed Viesturs from the USA.
edomar2611 - Feb 16, 2011 8:34 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2008
Normal Route in a snow stormI climbed Cotopaxi during a snowy storm, leading for the first time a group of three persons.
No panorama!
cookedfish - Feb 11, 2011 3:29 pm Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2010
Beautiful MountainMy buddy and I, who were spending the semester studying in Ecuador, made it up over the weekend with a local guide. Cotopaxi was a beautiful mountain, an easy enough climb for the beginners that we were, and a good experience with our guide. It certainly helps to live in Quito awhile in order to acclimatize.
wmolland - Feb 1, 2011 1:50 pm Date Climbed: Jan 24, 2011
Cloudy summitWe left too early and were left shivering under the final steep ice/snow section for an hour waiting for the sun to rise. Got to the top in clouds but it was still an awesome climb up. Some of the ice formations are wild up there!
Senad Rizvanovic - Jan 29, 2011 8:04 pm Date Climbed: Jan 26, 2011
AWESOME!new hight point for me,FANTASTIC WEATHER! I was preparing for this climb last few months, maybe i should go for Chimbo or Cayambe, but there is always next time.
tmfaust21 - Jan 27, 2011 6:49 pm Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2011
Nice dayGreat weather and a new high point for myself
dbakwin - Jan 24, 2011 11:46 pm Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2011
good dayit is the best way to spend your early morning
Boriss Andean - Jan 17, 2011 3:27 pm Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011
Nice summit day!Climbed with Tilo and Katherine, both from Germany. I looked back down to Paulo PAROFES from time to time. He taught me a new Portuguese word “gostosa”.
The weather was perfect, clear sky. Our climb was lit by a bright half-moon which showed us our way to follow. I barely used my headlamp.
We got to the summit (5,897 m / 19,347 ft) at 6:30 am, exactly five and a half hours after leaving from the refuge. Awesome views of the crater and other mountains.
Totally happy. I summited Illiniza Sur the following day. :)
Inday - Jan 17, 2011 10:40 am Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011
Success!Left the refuge at 1:10 am in two rope teams, one of three and the other of two, and summited in 4 hours and 40 minutes. We were first on summit that day, right in time for the sunrise! Absolutely breathtaking!
PAROFES - Jan 15, 2011 7:07 pm Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011
OK!Okay people insisted and i went up there.
Summited solo in alpine style. Camp 100m outside the refuge...
Almost frostbite on one finger, really crazy. Have to buy new gloves...
Perfect and clear day. Back in the refuge by 09:45 am.
Finaly.... :)
Ah, and i did with a damn cold, my throat infected as hell...
Now have to get some rest and get better...
Bumped into Boris several times during the climb and together at the summit!
rgg - Jan 16, 2011 8:41 am
Re: OK!Congrats, Paulo!
I told you it takes three times ...
andre hangaard - Jan 16, 2011 4:50 pm
Re: OK!Great work Paulo! I second Rob, it does take three times to climb this mountain :-)
PAROFES - Jan 17, 2011 10:30 am
Re: OK!You were right Rob!
I got famous at the hut because i got to know all local guides and they all knew i was the brazilian climbing solo at the third attempt hehehe
But for that time, i set up my tent around 100m far away from the refuge to do some good photos and enjoy some time alone.
At the little fun ice climbing part close to the summit, i was soloing it with my ice tools and one guide liked and took several photos of me, i wish i could find him to get that photos hehehe...
PAROFES - Jan 17, 2011 10:31 am
Re: OK!Thanks Andre! Rob was right, and Boris as well!
tmfaust21 - Jan 27, 2011 6:46 pm
Re: OK!Glad to heard the weather finally worked out for you! By the way, this is one of the US climbers from Tennessee. Met you at Central del Mundo. I finally took your advice and got a summitpost account. We flew out the morning you were going for the summit and the weather was awesome. We figured you were probably on the summit or just coming down as it was about 7am when we were flying out. good luck to you
mirhash - Jan 15, 2011 12:47 am Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2010
First taste of higher altitude unguidedWe were the last ones to the top after starting at 2am but we caught with the last group and had some spectacular views!
CBakwin - Jan 12, 2011 7:12 am Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2011
yoWe tried to sleep in a jam packed refugio..not much luck, up just after midnight, out the door at 1:30 after the rush....clear starry night but wind, probably around 24 degrees with 15mph wind gusting to 40, all the way up. long beautiful slog, if we coudl have seen it (it was dark the whole way up) reached the top in just under 5 hours, then descending in the light but clouds had rolled in before sunrise, so we saw no views, but nice ice and snow bridges ..... Very fun!
PAROFES - Jan 10, 2011 5:05 pm Date Climbed: Jan 10, 2011
Bad weather again...That's it, i'm done with cotopaxi.
Checked the weather forecast for Cotopaxi the night before! Amazing...it said to me i d get perfect conditions at 9th and today, 10th, perfect cloudless sky until around 14:00h.
Got to the parking lot at 11am, it was snowing again...walk up to the refuge under snow again, and freezing cold...
Went to sleep with the winds singing all night long.
Woke up at 23:30h, not even got the chance of leave the refuge, worst conditions ever.
Again, nobody summited Cotopaxi today.
That's it, i'm not gonna try anymore, really pissed off....
rgg - Jan 10, 2011 6:26 pm
Re: Bad weather again...Oh no, Paulo, it takes three tries to succeed, you just have to try it one more time!