esa foto es del letrero qeu esta arribita del refugio.

me at the summit of cotopaxi in ecuador...it's volcano crater is ~1000' deep...

this is the summit of cotopaxi at sunrise

es el crater del volcan cotopaxi, fue un ascenso sin problemas en cuatro horas pero con algo de frio y bastante hielo.

excelente cumbre, de aqui se ve el chimborazo.

Val Pithkiely taking a summit photo on Cotapaxi.

Rapping off of Cotapaxi, Ecuador. Some of the volcanos of Ecuador - Cotapaxi, Carhuairazo, Tungurahua -offer fun and technically easy climbing

A frosted person taking a rest break on a climb of Cotapaxi, one of Ecuador's climbing volcanoes.

This is Mount Cotopaxi, taken while i was coming down Chimborazo at 6:30 am. Taken with a $70 digital cameria from ebay

This sis a picture from the summit of cotopaxi. The three mountains you see are Tunguruahua, Eltar, and Sangay. In order from front to back. This sia an incredible place, and stunning place that it is pretty easy to take a good photo.

Looking out towards the Pacific from the slopes half way up, the low lands of Equador unravel. The enormous frigid, desert at the mountains base where the first refugio is(many people bypass it- small like an old cabin)is where Pele and the Brazil boys came to practice to acclimitize before heading to Mexico to play with full lungs.

These boulders, some which were the size of houses, lay miles from Cotopaxi on a plateau after being launched from one of Cotopaxi's many eruptions. This photo was stitched in Photoshop from 5 individual snapshots. Photo: Frank Corl

Our gang taking a final big rest below the obvious rockband seen from as far away as Quito, before heading to the summit. We could see the Pacific from the top as well as out into the hazy Amazon rainforest! A classsy mountain to do.

Part of a serac along the normal route on Cotopaxi. Photo by: Frank Corl.

This a picture of Cotopaxi (19,348 ft.) from the city of Quito, at least 60 miles away. This was the only time I saw the whole mountain because of the clouds. Photo by: Frank Corl.

Shot of Dustin on the summit of Cotopaxi, 19,348 ft. Nice reflection of the rest of the climbing team. Photo by: Frank Corl.

Me, slamming a Red Bull on the Summit of Mt. Cotopaxi,19,348 ft. All I needed after that was a boulder. Photo by: Adrian Ballinger.

View from the summit of the valley under the shadow of Cotopaxi. Photo by: Frank Corl.

Picture of an ice bridge on Mt. Cotopaxi, Ecuador. This was my first mountaineering trip. I'm glad we crossed it in the dark on the way up because the deep cravass underneath it probably would have freaked me out.

This is my sister Alex taking a picture of the great Cotopaxi, the most popular volcano in Ecuador and one of the highests in the world. Im taking the picture. Right behind me there is a lake and we are at about 4400 mts. from sea level. It takes 20 min. to drive to this lake from the main highway, and it takes another 25 min. to get to a parking place where we begin our journey to the cotopaxi summit.

This is the Ruminiahui mountain. I took the picture from the lake at the Cotopaxi volcano. I am at about 4400 mts. of altitude. Around this area is posible to do biking, treking and camping. This is one of the many mountains of the andes that you can see from Cotopaxi.

Me catching a quick nap near the summit of Cotopaxi in Ecuador shortly before a storm moved in. You can just barely see Antisana off in the distance.

Cotopaxi from the Pan-American highway.

Hiking the switchbacks to the refugio on Cotopaxi

Hiking the switchbacks to the refuge on Cotopaxi.