Yesterday was the chosen day for the ascent of the well-known (to the few thousand people who live near it) mountain PUÑALICA, a mountain of nearly 4000m but as there are snow-capped volcanoes of 5000-6000m nearby, it only looks like a fairly modest hill in comparison. Where we started was at about 3300m so it wasn´t too far but it is a steep climb and the weather didn´t make it any easier. Not too bad going up but towards the top we went into the clouds and as we reached the summit it started raining.
Coming down we went a little off-piste and got completely soaked by the waist-high grass, not to mention falling over a few times into said grass as the ground was uneven (fortunately it was very soft grass and quite nice to fall onto, if only it hadn´t been so cold and wet).
At the top we would have had fantastic views of Chimborazo (where I did my cycling 2 weeks earlier!) and Carihuayrazo... had it not been for the rain.... which reduced visibility considerably. 
For entertaining moving pictures of the above photo, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECUZ2Bz0Fww
4 comments:
Hhhm, your lower legs look just a little wet!
Hola Liz la verdad es que pareces caperucita azul empapada! pero es muy bonita la foto sabes que sigo tu blog y que esta muy interesante ,espero que lo estes disfrutando parece que lo haces! me alegro por ti te ayudara a pensar muchas cosas,estoy orgulloso de conocerte en fin preparando todo para el viaje un saludo y un beso chauuu!!
Yes it was a bit wet! I came down with a horrible cold the next day!
"Elias", me alegro que te gusta el blog. Ya voy por mas de la mitad del viaje, solo me quedan 2 semanas en la escuela que me da mucha pena la verdad! En las ultimas semanas espero conocer la selva amazonica y otras partes de la sierra ecuatoriana. muy interestante todo. mucho que ver. saludos!
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