Tag 5 -Auf dem Gletscher
Endlich ist es soweit! Gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern von der Universidad Estatal Amazonia geht es heute auf die Gletscher des Antisana-Vulkans. Welche Spuren menschlichen Einflusses werden wir an diesem abgelegenen Ort finden? Der Antisana liegt etwa 55 km östlich von Quito – die Anfahrt ist bereits ein landschaftliches Spektakel, die Zeichen menschlicher Zivilisation lassen wir […]
Day 5 – Visiting the glacier
The time had finally come! We headed up to the glaciers covering Antisana together with our partners from the Universidad Estatal Amazónica on Day 5. What evidence of human impact would we find in this remote location? We were treated to stunning scenery on our journey to the volcano located about 55 km to the east […]
Day 4 – Changing the plan
The equator: where the northern and southern hemispheres meet. The heavens well and truly opened on Day 4, so our plan to climb another volcano, Cayambe, was rained off. And so we decided to change the plan and cross the equator via an alternative route. This gave Christian the chance to continue with his ornithological survey of the […]
Day 3 – Getting acclimatised
We had packed so much into our schedule that we didn’t have a lot of time to get used to the altitude we would be working in over the coming days. Quito, the capital of Ecuador and starting point of our expedition, already has an elevation of 2850 metres above sea level, making it the highest […]