Summit of Cotopaxi (19,347 ft) in Ecuador 12/12/2010 - Near Whiteout conditions

On the Summit of Cotopaxi in Ecuador at 19,347 ft. The climbing up was pretty brutal mainly because of the intense wind and whiteout conditions the whole way up. On the top we got a very brief glimpse of the crater and then it was covered over again, to fast to take any pictures. We had to backtrack on the way up at around 3:30am because a snow bridge had collapsed, but that only added about 30 minutes to an hour extra to the climb. We summited right around 7:15 am. Very fun and enjoyable climb other than the wind. We went on to summit Chimborazo 4 days later, much better conditions!

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• Cotopaxi
• Ecuador
• Chimborazo
• Whiteout
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• Volcano