Is this the world’s first ascent of Chimborazo from sea to summit?

On Wednesday, Edita and I reached the 6310m summit of Chimborazo for the second time. We climbed via the Whymper Route on the southwest ridge, which traverses across the west face to join the Normal Route that we climbed last time.

We reached the summit at 6.30am with Romel, the same guide who led us up last time, and had it to ourselves. Conditions were better than our previous ascent. There was more snow on the glacier, and the traverse between the two summits was flat, without the maze of...