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| Ecuador sits astride both the Andes and the equator in northwestern South America, bordered to the north by Colombia, to the east and south by Peru, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. It is the smallest country in the Andes and the second smallest in South America. But what it lacks in size it makes up for with an abundance of friendly people, a rich cultural history, biological splendor, and stunning scenery. |  |
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| Mountaineers find Ecuador well suited as a high altitude training ground. There are many technically straightforward ascents of 5,000 meter peaks. Ecuador's highest peaks are heavily glaciated and offer high altitude experience of an intermediate difficulty level. The use of crampons, ice axe, self-arrest and glacier travel and crevasse rescue is required to be a member of the climbing team. | ||||||||||
| Within a day's journey of Quito, the capital city, are the ice-clad Andes, Amazon rain forest, quiet beaches and the incredible Galapagos Islands. Superb mountain scenery is only one of Ecuador's attractions. This is a climbing expedition with cultural diversions to see live Andean music, Inca ruins, incredible colonial architecture and colorful indigenous markets. The cultural tour will enable you to see unique places and the people who live there. We have witnessed two major volcanic eruptions over the years of Guagua Pichincha in 1999 and Reventador in 2002, but they weren't planned. Every aspiring alpinist should take the opportunity to climb in Ecuador. | ||||||||||
| We are proud of our Ecuador climbing program. We have been running trips to Ecuador for the past seven years and have climbed on many of the peaks in the country. During this time we have gained a lot of knowledge about the different high peaks and acclimatization peaks. We have also stayed at many different lodging facilities. No matter what the weather or climbing conditions are during our visit we feel we have the experience and knowledge to provide you with a safe and exciting experience. We have a formed good working relationships with our local guides and outfitters Edgar Vaca and Jaime Avila. They help us to get the most out of every trip and make it easier to respond to changing weather and climbing conditions. | ||||||||||
| IMCS guide Paul Cormier is leading the 2008 trip. Each trip has involved a slightly different itinerary. Though we plan on climbing a number of the bigger, snow covered peaks we also plan on climbing a number of acclimatization peaks. Please be prepared to be flexible. Your safety is our primary concern. Since we have private transport throughout the trip we are free to travel the country and climb where the conditions and weather are best. | ||||||||||
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| Additional
trips available to the Galapagos and Amazon
by private arrangement |
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| For climbers wishing to improve their language
skills and round out cultural opportunities for the trip we suggest
doing a home stay and language school with Academia Latinoamericana de Espanol. They have schools in Quito (Ecuador), Cuzco (Peru) and Sucre (Bolivia). The person to contact is Dr. Diego del Corral and his e-mail address is info@latinoschools.com. |
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