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Tag Archives: Mountaineering

Climbing Pisco Mountain – Llanganuco, Cordillera Blanca

Climbing Pisco mountain (5752m) is fairly straightforward but also a great warm up for other more challenging peaks in the Cordillera Blanca (popular ones over 6000metres include Chopicalci and Tocllaraju). Here are some photos of the trip which I did with Chris in June 2016 (who I met at the fabulous Llanganuco Mountain Lodge). NOTES on climbing Pisco:…

October 26, 2016 in CLIMBING VOLCANOES / MOUNTAINS, Peru.

Mountaineering in Ecuador – Chimborazo, Cayambe, Iliniza Norte, El Altar, Guagua / Rucu Pichincha

Realising I’d be timing Peru perfectly for the raining season I decided to ‘put the brakes on’ and explore more of Ecuador. Passing by its beautiful volcanoes on the way down had sown a seed in my mind that was hard to shake off. Here is a video of my experience climbing these mountains, a written account…

August 5, 2016 in CLIMBING VOLCANOES / MOUNTAINS, Ecuador.

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  • Mountaineering in Ecuador – Chimborazo, Cayambe, Iliniza Norte, El Altar, Guagua / Rucu Pichincha
  • The Prohibited Mountain Pass – Los Nevados
  • Paddling to Colombia
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  • Interview Canal 7 news, Costa Rica
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