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Ecuador’s Volcanoes: Casey Grom Checks in from Cotopaxi’s Hut

December 19, 2012

Posted by: Casey Grom, Eric Frank

Categories: Expedition Dispatches Ecuador

Elevation: 16,000'

Hello everybody back home. This is Casey Grom checking in from the Ecuador's Expedition. I just wanted to check in to let everyone know that all's going well. We had a nice leisurely day today at Chilcabamba. Got up this morning, got things packed up and had about just over an hour drive up to the parking lot to the Cotopaxi Hut. We got out of the car little bit of cloud and took us about 40 minutes to hike up a nice easy trail to get up here to the hut. It sits at about, oh just shy of 16,000'...(transmission lost) RMI Guide Casey Grom

RMI Guide Casey Grom checks in from Cotopaxi's Hut.