Sea to summit on Chimborazo, part 3: the climb

This is part 3 in a series of posts about our Chimborazo sea to summit adventure. See here for part 1 and part 2.

We had cycled from sea level at Guayaquil and circled Chimborazo on foot, climbing Carihuairazo on the way. It wasn’t the most direct way, and there may not be many others who follow in our footsteps, but it had been fun. We had just one more task to do: to climb to the summit.

But first we had a rest day, only our second of the trip. I had improved a lot since my collapse by the...