46 / Wayra Urqu (~15,200’)

12/18/25: It was a pleasure to take Steven up my favorite variation of the Rucu Pichincha hike. Despite a lot of cloud cover, the rains held out and we were fortunate to have a lovely ridge walk to ourselves.

Lungs and legs felt great despite spending the last 3 weeks at below sea level (Jakarta / Amsterdam). Trying to stay healthy and speed up acclimatization for my third attempt on Cotopaxi this year later this week.