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61 viewsMauricio and I travel in luxury to Cotapaxi.
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58 viewsThe road to Cotapaxi
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63 viewsSecret Garden Cotapaxi. Home on the (mountain) range
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60 viewsWhen you arrive, the first thing you do is hike up a stream along the property to some waterfalls.
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62 viewsBasil often lead the trek to the top.
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60 viewsIt doesn't come out so well but the reds and greens were quite pretty.
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64 viewsThis is the first of the two waterfalls you hike to.
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58 viewsSteph shows off Winnipeg fashion.
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60 viewsThe second (and I guess third) waterfall on the hike before you turn back.
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60 viewsMash sits by the fire. Every room has a fireplace and candles in the evenings.
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65 viewsMorning at the Secret Garden.
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56 viewsThe view over breakfast.
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61 viewsCotapaxi is just incredible to see. Taken, again, from the Secret Garden.
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63 viewsAt the gate of Cotapaxi National Park. I was doing an acclimatization hike to the bottom of the glacier.
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63 viewsAs you get closer the colours of Cotapaxi really start to come out.
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61 viewsHere I am hiking toward the refuge where I'd later sleep when attempting to summit it.
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61 views4800 m. The highest I've ever been, at least in this photo.
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63 viewsHigh altitude karate training.
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61 viewsGetting ever higher up the mountain.
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64 viewsFog streams across the red volcanic sands
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