Rucu Pichincha, Climb #1

The team:

Front-Emma, Annabelle, Me

Back-Jim, Reid, James, Guy, Ossy

 

The view of Cayambe

Guy, a climber from Perth, Australia who spent the day with our team  but is going on to do Glacier School, 18 days and 3 major peaks in Ecuador. He hung back with me in slow mode. Had a great day chatting with him about his recent Kilimanjaro climb.

View from the start of the hike

The trail

Views of Northern Quito

                                              

                                                            Summit at 15,413'

                           I enjoyed the scenery of the paramo during this hike a lot but
                                  enjoyed the rock scramble at the top even more.

                                          
             Our guide Ossy on one of our rest breaks on the descent as the clouds started to clear.