November 17, 2014
Jose Ribas hut on Cotopaxi
A good weekend in Ecuador. Great time was had in Otavalo. Back to Quito on Saturday afternoon with dinner at a restaurant in Old Town, on a street called La Rhonda. The crew left Quito early Sunday morning and had breakfast at the home of our Ecuadorian partner, Romulo Cardenas. His wife, Patricia, presented a beautiful ‘spread’ for the team at their home which overlooks the day’s objective – Pasochoa. They hiked Pasochoa after breakfast and then headed to the Hacienda Porvenir at the foot of Cotopaxi.
The team is up on the lower slopes of Cotopaxi now, getting more acclimatization and doing some refresher training. Makes for a fun day. They’ll be back tonight at the Hacienda Porvenir and will have a super dinner. The folks at the hacienda do meals right.
So far, so good.
Phil Ershler