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Hello hello, What a week it’s been! Conditions in the mountains here have been challenging, and our subsequent itinerary alterations made it difficult to update. Here is a quick wrap up of the latter half of our expedition. After a … Continue reading →

Hello! We spent yesterday traveling from Cayambe to Cotopaxi National Park. Along the way we stopped for the biggest feast of the trip so far (!) at a long-standing famous family restaurant, El Balcón De La Riobambeñita. Almost everyone in … Continue reading →

Hola family and friends! The Dec 4 Ecuador Team has found our team name: The Quinoa Posh Climbers. We’ll post under that moniker going forward. The origin story of the name will be a post for another time, but rest … Continue reading →

Greetings from Yanacocha! Yesterday after packing up and leaving the pools of Termas Papallacta we went for a short and windy hike up to Antennas Peak, around 14,400 ft. Even when these hikes are short, they’re essential building blocks in … Continue reading →

Hello from Termas Papallacta! The team is crushing the acclimatization process! On Monday we departed Quito and headed into the highlands for our first acclimatization hike – Pasachoa, an extinct volcano to the south of Quito. It was a beautiful … Continue reading →

Hello from Quito! The 2021-22 Volcanoes of Ecuador season has officially begun! Our Dec 4 team all arrived in country yesterday and today we had our first full day together. After an orientation and gear check at the hotel, we … Continue reading →

Namaste friends, family and loved ones! After a short and very cold wait in the lovely Lukla Airport, our plane eventually took off. The flight took “the scenic route” back from Lukla, as air traffic control sent us in circles for a short while. Even so, we were able to safely land back in Kathmandu … Continue reading “Team Mera Returns to Kathmandu”

Namaste Friends, family & loved ones, Exceptional weather today for our last day of hiking. We started bright and early and climbed 1,200 feet to cross the Zatrwa La Pass at about 15,150 feet. It was all downhill from there— more than a vertical mile. We navigated hundreds of snow covered rock steps, descended dirt … Continue reading “Team Mera Returns to Lukla”

Namaste friends, family & loved ones, A quick note to report that all of the Team stood on top of Mera Peak this morning! Everyone is already off the glacier and making their way back down the trail to our tea house in Khare, where we will rest, rehydrate and, of course, celebrate our success. … Continue reading “Team Mera on Top!”