South America mountains

"Walked up a rough neighbourhood, Cristo Rey was perfectly visible. Took a too expensive small bus. Bought tickets and went up in a different small bus. Clouds rolled in, visibility zero haha. Damned. Waited more than an hour and went back down. Still had views of Rio de Janeiro and Pãu de Açucar from a Mirador on the way down. Uff!" - Morro do Corcovado, Pieter, Feb 3, 2018

"It was a tough one. Despite being about 1500m tall it was quite an experience. We started at 4am and walked around Ice Lake making a few stream crossings along the way. After that followed a bushwhack which led to open slopes with snow. We had a bit of a longer break and the guide figured it would be about an hour to summit. It got windier as we got higher. We got to a shoulder below the summit and had to cross a final snow field. The wind was really strong here and at times we would get blasted with ice pellets at over 100km/h. Margaret decided to hold off on summiting. The guide and I contin" - Cerro Zapata, BertB, Dec 13, 2017

"Took a truck that was a bus to locals. Wanted to camp just before the rainbow mountain but a farmer asked money, it was his property, yeah right, the alpaca maybe but the area? Kept climbing and camped after the mountain. Snow at night, if we hadnt gone up the day earlier we wouldnt have seen the coloured mountain, still grateful to that prick of a farmer haha. Went down through the valle rojo. Surreal landscape." - Hatun Rit'iyuq, Pieter, Dec 2, 2017

"Trained two times on the blue line to 5400m. Attempted a summit with the guide Fabian from Andean Adventures, the company that operate the refuges. The weather on the night of the climb was ok, no precipitation, not much wind. Its the first time I climb with gear. We had to go fast after the second refuge because there were people on the ridge above us, risk of falling rocks. Scrambled on rocks on the ridge. We passed some people after it on the glacier. Had a bit of trouble keeping pace, went too fast and too slow at times. When we stopped to drink something I felt my tows were freezing, real" - Chimborazo, Pieter, Nov 8, 2017

"Took bus to Sigchos. Hiked to Isinlivi where we met a guy from Australia and a girl from Switzerland. We camped together. The next day we passed the town of Pucara. Out of provisions, a farmer fed us. We needed it, the climb to the edge of the crater was still a lot of work!" - Quilotoa, Pieter, Oct 30, 2017