Climbing -

A few excursions thus far. Three of us went to Imbabura and summitted as a trainer peak before an attempt on Cayambe. Yes, I say attempt as we made it to the base camp and no further. Strong winds and lightning made us decide to abandon the attempt and the usual midnight departure. The tent I was in suffered bent poles and the next morning it took us over an hour to dig the tents out of the snow. The trip did serve however to expose our two Ecuadorian interns to snow and glacier travel. That was cool to see as neither of them had ever experienced snow before despite the fact they regularly see it on clear days from their homes.

~MWL