In short - Continued severe weather prevented us from getting to the top of Chimborazo (20,700 feet). But we have had an auspitious few days in a gorgeous place with incredible people.

Today we tried to climb a part of the mountain instead of sitting around waiting for the weather to change. We got up to just under 17,000 feet to make an attempt at crossing a narrow ridgeline and with 70 mph winds it was sketchy at best - so we aborted Plan A, decended a bit and then traversed for several miles through about 4 eco-systems back to our lodge. The weather is still raging now on the mountain.

We´re back in Quito for some good food, shopping and wine and then off to the antithesis of the mountains - the Amazon jungle. I´ll post more tomorrow....it has been such a fabulous trip even sans summits...put Ecuador on your travel list!
Best,
Terri