Much has been written about Joe Brown, the great alpinist and rock climber who made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga and died earlier this year. But we don’t often hear about the time he followed an ancient treasure map into the Andes in search of Inca gold.
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Llanganates, Tungurahua and unexplored Ecuador — the videos
It’s time for my latest set of videos: Unexplored Ecuador. Last autumn Edita and I made our fourth trip to Ecuador, and decided to get a little off the beaten track by visiting some of the country’s lesser known volcanoes and mountain areas.
Read moreQuilotoa: the easiest way in Ecuador to look into a volcanic crater?
Ecuador has some impressive volcanic craters. Some, such as Cotopaxi and Tungurahua — both of which I’m going to talk about later — take a bit of effort to get to. But first, a more relaxing interlude. Not all volcanoes
Read moreHow to recover from a big altitude misjudgement
Acclimatisation is a funny thing. On the face of it, it seemed like we had a good plan. After a full day acclimatising at 2850m in Quito, we would climb a 4258m volcano followed by a 4640m volcano. Then we
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