- Melissa Arnot
- Alex Barber
- Gabriel Barral
- Jake Beren
- Zeb Blais
- Katie Bono
- Anne Gilbert Chase
- Sean Collon
- Leon Davis
- Elias de Andres Martos
- Cody Doolan
- Paul Edgren
- Mark Falender
- Leah Fisher
- Eric Frank
- Steve Gately
- Josh Gautreau
- Thomas Greene
- Casey Grom
- Dave Hahn
- Walter Hailes
- Tim Hardin
- Mike Haugen
- Andy Hildebrand
- Mike Hinckley
- Joe Horiskey
- Nick Hunt
- Tyler Jones
- J.J. Justman
- Levi Kepsel
- Mike King
- Adam Knoff
- Katy Laveck
- Ben Liken
- Josh Maggard
- Paul Maier
- Linden Mallory
- Lindsay Mann
- Andres Marin
- Jeff Martin
- Erik Nelson
- Billy Nugent
- Brent Okita
- Logan Randolph
- Tyler Reid
- Dave Reynolds
- Kel Rossiter
- Geoff Schellens
- Shaun Sears
- Garrett Stevens
- Jason Thompson
- Mike Tomlinson
- Mark Tucker
- Mike Uchal
- Pete Van Deventer
- Alex Van Steen
- Ed Viesturs
- Maile Wade
- Mike Walter
- Seth Waterfall
- Solveig Waterfall
- Peter Whittaker
- Win Whittaker
- Bryson Williams
- Dan Windham
- Robby Young
Ecuador: Team checks in after Acclimatization Hike on Fuya Fuya
Posted by: Casey Grom | December 02, 2011
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Ecuador
Today we left the busy city and headed north to continue our acclimatization and experience some of Ecuador’s wonderful culture.
Our drive north took us to the small town of Tabacundo were we turned off the highway and drove up a cobbled stone road to the base of our next hike. Our hike for the day was the beautiful Cerro Fuya Fuya, which is large grass covered mountain with a small rocky summit that overlooks a small lake. Although Fuya Fuya is considered a small mountain here in Ecuador it is nearly as tall as Mt. Rainier, but not nearly as tough. Today’s climb took just over 3 hours to reach the summit and make it back to our vehicles and everyone did great. Thankfully we timed it perfectly, because no sooner had we arrived back to the cars then the rain started to fall.
We quickly left the trailhead and headed for our new home for the night at Hacienda Hosteria San Luis. San Luis is nestled in between our first climbing objective, Cayambe and one of South Americas largest markets, Otavalo. Normally we would spend the day exploring the grounds of this working ranch, but the rain is still falling and now we are relaxing, listening to the frogs croak and enjoying the peacefulness and the warmth of the fireplace. Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves and I’m sure are looking forward to a nice meal and a good night sleep.
RMI Guide Casey Grom
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Lauren
Félicitations!
Excellent travail, je suis très heureux pour vous et pour l’équipe!
Gatorade est impressionnant:)
Posted by: Timborazo on 12/5/2011 at 12:51 pm
So Spence, I spent the day raking leaves… not sure it compares to yours. First summit bid tomorrow?
Posted by: Scott Arnold on 12/4/2011 at 4:44 pm
Soulis - glad to see you made it in one piece. Remember everything I taught you from my years of hiking experience and you should be just fine.
Hope you’re having a great time - I’m looking forward to more updates.
Miss ya kid - be safe!
Katz
Posted by: Blair Katz on 12/4/2011 at 2:53 pm
Hey Spence Dawg! Lookin’ good! Enjoy the beautiful country and we’ll keep tabs on ya!
Posted by: Kent & Nhorma on 12/3/2011 at 6:05 pm
We are following you, good luck to the whole team.
Maria Popek [ sister of Vlado Haluska]
Lumir Popek
Posted by: Maria Popek on 12/3/2011 at 5:12 pm
Papa, What a neat surprise to hear your voice tonight on a satellite phone. You sounded great. We are very proud of you and everyone on your team. Love, Michael and Gracie
Posted by: michael and gracie on 12/3/2011 at 4:17 pm
Good job people, keep up the good work Craig H. see ya when you get back.
Posted by: David on 12/2/2011 at 3:04 pm
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