Climbing and Mountain biking on Cotopaxi Today me and Catherine travelled to Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world! We climbed up Cotopaxi to the refugio (4,800 metres) and I went on further to the glacier (maybe 4,900 - 5000 metres). It was an amazing climb! The conditions were extreme... when we were climbing up the foothills of Cotopaxi the wind was incredible, it was literally blowing us off our feet with every step we took - this made the climb up very strenuous, and the wind got even worse after an hour into climbing, sleet and dust whipping into our faces and Catherine was nearly blown off the narrow path we were climbing half way up! We soon reached a glaciated valley which was thankfully protected from the wind, so we slogged on
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