Ecuador is about as perfect a climbing destination as any in the world. Besides having two climbing seasons - June to August and December to February - Ecuador offers an established local climbing community, plenty of equipment shops and available supplies, easy physical access to its peaks, and a relatively low-cost and hassle-free climbing experience. For climbers seeking ideal, high-altitude practice after learning to snow and ice climb in the Rockies and Alps, this is the place. This is a straightforward guide to twenty of the country's major peaks, including the volcanic Big 10. Well-illustrated, this guide also provides you with advice on preparations, local transportation, supplies, climbing resources, and health tips. Covers routes on twenty mountains, half of them more than 5,000 meters (16,405 feet), illustrated with 25 photographs, 17 maps, and 24 topos, includes background on Ecuador's history and geology.
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Decent Local Knowledge,
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This review is from: Ecuador: A Climbing Guide (Paperback)
Yossi's knowledge of the area, routes and local contacts is as good as guide books of the area are. Better route descriptions are always a plus, but with changing conditions these are as decent as you can get. Worth the price.
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A shame this excellent guide will never be updated,
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Just came back from Ecuador where I climbed four of the mountains included in this book. While the pictures and route descriptions were excellent, they are woefully out of date. For example, in the ten years since the book was published, they've built a cable from Quito to the start of the climb on Ruca Pichincha, making most of that chapter useless. Our guide showed us on the pictures which areas were no longer covered in snow/ice, where there was more danger of rockfall, etc. Unless you're an extremely experienced climber, you're risking your life if you depend on this book.
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It has a lot of very interesting information and the route descriptions are great. It has information about prices and places to stay. If you already know how to climb and you want to go climb something this is the book for you.
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Sara Urcu, Cotopaxi National Park, United States, Iliniza Norte, Italian Route, Fraile Grande, Iliniza Sur, Rio Pita, Campamento Italiano, Laguna Mojanda, Santa Lucia New!
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Outrageously easy access to high mountains makes Ecuador an excellent place to get some experience of high-altitude mountaineering. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sara Urcu, Cotopaxi National Park, United States, Iliniza Norte, Italian Route, Fraile Grande, Iliniza Sur, Rio Pita, Campamento Italiano, Laguna Mojanda, Santa Lucia New!
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- The American Alpine Journal, 2005: The World's Most Significant Climbs, Vol. 47, Issue 79 by John Harlin III in Back Matter
- The High Altitude Medicine Handbook by Andrew J. Pollard in Back Matter
- Bolivia: A Climbing Guide by Yossi Brain in Back Matter
- Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edward Whymper on page 34
- The Galapagos Islands: The Essential Handbook for Exploring, Enjoying and Understanding Darwin's Enchanted Islands by Marylee Stephenson in Back Matter
- The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder, And Survival In The Amazon by Robert Whitaker in Back Matter
- Trekking in Ecuador by Robert Kunstaetter on page 128
- Climbing: Expedition Planning (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert) by Clyde Soles in Back Matter
- Ecuador and Galapagos - Footprint (Footprint Ecuador & Galapagos Handbook) by Daisy Kunstaetter on page 482
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