November 12, 2025
Team dinner, wearing their alpaca wool ponchos (Romulo Cardenas)
Team members not continuing on the optional climb of Chimborazo parted ways from the rest of the group after a “goodbye” dinner on Monday night.
Early this morning the Chimborazo climbers reached 5800 meters (just over 19,000 ft), then turned around due to poor weather conditions on the mountain. The weather is not projected to improve in the next few days, so the decision was made to head back to Quito.
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- Climbers approach shelter (Romulo Cardenas)
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- Early morning steps on Chimborazo (Romulo Cardenas)
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- One step at a time (Romulo Cardenas)
Everyone is safe and well, back in Quito and enjoying some well deserved rest. Well done, team!