Llanganates, Tungurahua and unexplored Ecuador — the videos

June 17, 2020 Trip reports andes, cotopaxi, ecuador, fuya fuya, imbabura, llanganates mountains, mountain films, tungurahua, volcanoes 0 Comment

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.

Climbing Cotopaxi: the ‘most beautiful of all the colossal peaks of the Andes’

December 11, 2019 Trip reports alexander von humboldt, andes, antisana, cotopaxi, ecuador, edita, tungurahua, volcanoes, wilhelm reiss 2 Comments

There are few more quintessentially conical volcanoes than Cotopaxi, and it’s hard to look at without wanting to climb it. Edita hadn’t, and as soon as the mountain re-opened after the eruption in 2015, she had to do so at the first opportunity.

Climbing Tungurahua and entering the throat of fire

November 27, 2019 Trip reports andes, cerro hermoso, ecuador, el altar, sangay, trekking, tungurahua, volcanoes 1 Comment

Formerly one of Ecuador’s most active volcanoes, Tungurahua was re-opened for climbing in 2017. It was an obvious objective for us this year, especially since it just squeaks into the list of 10 peaks in Ecuador over 5,000m.

How to recover from a big altitude misjudgement

October 3, 2019 Expedition dispatches acclimatisation, altitude sickness, andes, cotopaxi, ecuador, fuya fuya, imbabura, llanganates mountains, trekking, tungurahua, volcanoes 3 Comments

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

A short escape to Ecuador to climb some of its more obscure peaks

September 18, 2019 Expedition dispatches andes, cerro hermoso, cotopaxi, ecuador, feet and wheels to chimborazo, hamish macinnes, imbabura, joe brown, tungurahua, volcanoes 5 Comments

Life has been hectic in the Horrell household recently and I’ve been finding it hard to keep on top of my writing. It is time for a holiday. We are returning to Ecuador for a couple of weeks to hike and climb some less-frequented peaks.