Ecuador High Altitude Expedition
February 18 to March 4, 2011Climbers: Sam Kisson, Robert Gay, Tom O’Connell, Dennis Uhlir, Matt DonnellyLead Guide: Benno SchlauriAssistant Guide: Ramiro Garrido
February 27, 2011Benno called at 7:32 am Ecuador and US Eastern time with this message:
“Hello. This is Benno and the team calling from the summit of Cotopaxi!Every body did it! We are all here. And we climbed it in quite fast time. It was only 6 hours 15 minutes from the hut. I am very impressed by these guys!
We are really happy. Everyone is well acclimatized and feeling good here on the summit. Conditions are perfect.
[It sounded really windy on the recording, and it was a little difficult to understand some of the message.]
OK. We’re going to enjoy ourselves up here for a little bit and then head back down the glacier to the hut. We’ll call again later.
Ciao ciao from the summit!”