Ecuador

At Sunday, March 18 a new expedition of the 7 Summits Club started to Ecuador. The main aim is the ascent of the famous volcano Cotopaxi. A team consist of 18 people, all members of the well-known company "Mont", our regular partners. The name of the company shows its relationship with mountains and mountaineering. This is not surprising, as its founder and longtime leader it is a close friend of the 7 Summits Club Dmitry Moskalev. Dmitry was the second Russian (after Fyodor Konyukhov) who completed the Seven Summits program.

Guiding of the expedition to Ecuador will provided by an experienced guide of 7 Summits Club Victor Bobok. The coordinator of corporate programs of our Club Tina Taova will help him. Under the plan, the group will make two acclimatization climb on Pasachoa and Ilinitsa and then go to Cotopaxi.

In the final part of the journey, the expedition will go to the equatorial forests of Amazon jungle.

Today, 20 February, our team of 8-00 local time, ascended to one of the most unique volcanic peak of Planet Earth Mount Cotopaxi 5897m. To be honest, it was a very good climb, snow and ice, very beautiful. Caldera, even in our presence, threw out the multiple side fumarole clouds of gas with a pungent smell of sulfur. Our ascent ended with a rapid descent into Jose Ribas refuge at 4810m. We do not really stayed here, because with 23 hours of the previous day's we saw nothing but snow and ice slopes of Cotopaxi. Hungry and in climbing clothes we arrived in a small Ecuadorian town of Banos a few hours later. Now we are after a shower, fresh and washed, drink locally bottled mineral water and discussing plans for the ascent of Chimborazo

Dear friends, sometimes the information received in advance may not be true. Today our Command climb one of the most significant peaks in Ecuador, the peak of Iliniza Norte 5126 m. We were sure that this summit is simple and accessible even to small children. However, we saw a different world ......

Our understanding of the route we have presented in photographs. Maybe it was even more complicated. The main thing we realized: we do not need to stop ...

Go ahead - to Cotopaxi )))))

 Acclimatization in Ecuador. Specificity of mountaineering in the Andes. Early uprising of team after a night of tropical shower was quick and organized. Breakfast in the tradition of the colonial kitchen was speedy and succinct. The task of the day was to carry out an acclimatization on one of passes of the Andes in the area of national park Cayambe. Our local guide Franklin asked the steady pace of walking, during which we had no shortness of breath to climb up to 4000m. Positive emotional conditions allowed to rise 500 meters, passing 11 km in 2.50 hours. For a good command does not exist of problems with the weather and terrain! Further descent into the area of thermal springs Papalyakta was made within an hour, brought us to a place where water is heated by volcanoes….. ...