Climbing Cotopaxi (5987 m) - the second-highest mountain in Ecuador
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Ready
In the refuge
Alpine start - just before 1 am
Putting the crampons on
The climb involves 5 hours of this before dawn
High on Cotopaxi at dawn
Cotopaxi's shadow at dawn
Looking back
Los Ilinizas from Cotopaxi
Clouds over the crater
More climbers coming
Crampons accident
Cotopaxi's shadow
More climbers catching up
Ruminawi (4721 m)
The crater from the summit
On the summit
Antisana (5704 m) from Cotopaxi
On the way down
Los Ilinizas from the way down
Looking back at the summit
The hut is close
Near the hut
Cotopaxi in the clouds - a look from the access road