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| Volcan Imbabura in the morning from our landlord's roof. I thought I'd ride out/up and explore one of the quebradas (wooded drainages) I'd been studying. |
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| Above Peguche, closing the distance |
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| The closer you get, the more the ridge spreads out. Imbabura seems to flatten from this perpective. |
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| Fresh corn crop at, oh say 11,500'. Lago San Pablo in the middle, Volcan Fuya Fuya's double peak just visible behind the right end of the ridge. |
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| Passing through the last farms. |
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| My target in sight, the trail is a barely visible gash in the right of the frame, essentially a vertical approach. |
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| Looking back toward Otavalo. We live between the two little hills in the center. |
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| Imbabura's crown. |
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| After a friendly chat with this man tending his cows, I'd learn that there was an impassable chasm between us and the trail I was looking for on the other side. After bidding good morning, I would try to bushwacking for an hour or so around the hill in the left of the frame. Next time, I will have a machete and some long pants. |
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| Bovine intervention |
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| Imbabura in a veil |
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| The Heart of Imbabura, from the side. There is a deep cut just below the angled ridge line. |
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| Yet another flat. Tube #13. |
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| Corazon de Imbabura |
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| Parting shot on the descent back to Otavalo |
Hello fellow Huntingtonians! I am friends with Aaron Worthley and Dori Barton - that is how I found out about your blog. I grew up on lower East Street just above where it turns to dirt. My parents, Wally and Chris Jenkins, still live there. I have been studying Spanish and traveling in Ecuador for a month and a half, mostly south of Quito. For the next two weeks I will be volunteering with a sustainable agriculture/reforestation project called Brethren y Unida in Tabacundo. I am considering visiting Otavalo as well. Would you recommend it? Perhaps we could meet up and exchange stories. I enjoyed reading about and seeing some of your adventures. If you are interested I have a few stories on my blog: http://www.mountainmaestro.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Peter Jenkins
771 East Street