Found out earlier this week that the Jose Ribas Refugio/hut at Cotopaxi will be unexpectedly closed starting January 20th in order to get a new roof. This means we can not overnight there before our summit day and will have to start from a lower elevation- the parking lot- adding an additional hour onto our climb. It also means we will have to wake up much earlier in order to drive to the parking lot from wherever we are staying, I believe La Rinconada hostel. Instead of waking up at 12 midnight and setting off from the refugio by 1am, we will have to get up at 10 pm, leave by 11pm, arrive at parking lot and start at midnight. The route we are taking has also slightly be altered to the longer, steeper Eternity/Heartbreaker route because the normal route has crevasse issues.
Rolling with the flow----
Entering the park
Covered in clouds
Claiming a bunk
The dining area
James and Jim burning the ends of our prusik rope to seal them
Ossy helping Emma with her harness
Emma and Jim learning about not leaving slack in the rope
The hostel La Rinconada and its soccer field
One of our guides, Nico
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