Sea to summit on Chimborazo, part 2: Carihuairazo and the circumnavigation

This is part 2 in a series of trip reports about our Chimborazo sea to summit adventure. For part 1 see here.

Note: If you’re expecting this to be a deeply personal post about an operation to a tender part of my anatomy then please read the title more carefully.*

(*) Circumnavigation, not circumcision.

When I left you a couple of weeks ago, we had just finished the bike ride, from Guayaquil on the coast to Urbina on the western side of 6310m Chimborazo, Ecuador’s highest mountain. I still had...