It’s nice to have arrived home to some snow! While there was snow up high when I left, the lower elevations and most south faces were pretty darn dry. Now it feels like winter, and makes the temperate climate of Ecuador seem all the more appealing. The trip I helped out with had been…
Our Ecuador team took a couple of days to rest and enjoy the tropical lushness of Banos, Ecuador following an exciting and fun ascent of the 5897m volcano, Cotopaxi. We hiked up to the Jose Ribas hut in the mid afternoon of the 15th and ate an early dinner. After five hours of restless sleep…
The snow has been a bit slow in coming to our beloved San Juan mountains in SW Colorado this winter, but the ice climbing has been great. The crew in Alaska is experiencing a huge winter right now with record breaking snow fall, but down in Colorado we’re still waiting. The skiing has suffered from…
Panama is slipping past as our plane makes its way south towards our destination, the city “El Libertador,” Simon Bolivar called “a cathedral,” the capital city of Quito. There are four guides on board, eager to land and stretch our legs after hours of sitting in planes. Our first leg was delayed by severe thunderstorms…