Tag: Ecuador

Climbing Chimborazo: The Night the Mountain Drew the Line

Into Ice, Wind and Thin Air at 6000 Meters The drive to Riobamba started out pretty tame, but things got wild fast once our little bus hit those first Andean curves. Packed with about twenty passengers, the driver tore through the Andes like there was no tomorrow—overtaking on blind curves, slamming the brakes, then accelerating… Read More Climbing Chimborazo: The Night the Mountain Drew the Line

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Ecuador: By Canoe into the Amazon Rainforest

A Journey Beyond the Last Airstrip We arrived in Misahuallí on September 22. We were not seasoned explorers. We were not survival experts. We were five young men drifting through South America with more time than plans, convinced that the Ecuadorian Amazon was a perfectly sensible next step. Misahuallí was the kind of frontier town… Read More Ecuador: By Canoe into the Amazon Rainforest

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