Thursday, March 18, 2010

Converting Sliding Doors To Regular Doors



I'll try to be more concise than the last ...

Quito lies in the so-called "avenue of volcanoes. It is a valley located around which is more than 80 volcanoes, of which a dozen active. Active volcano Cotopaxi is Ecuador's second highest mountain, is 5,897 meters high, is located 45 kilometers south of Quito, and is famous for this, and has a perfect cone shape. Counting the height from the inside of the Earth, Cotopaxi is higher than Mount Everest (lies near the equator, the Earth is flattened a little.) Cotopaxi was first conquered in 1872. Volcano erupts on average every 100 years, destroying the cities (eg, Latacunga), Quito also lies in the danger area. The last eruption took place in 1904, so that it is almost time for another. After the recent earthquakes, tsunamis and floods in areas to which we approached, I had serious concerns as to whether I should go on Cotopaxi ... Despite

wszysto I went to the 1-day expedition to the volcano ($ 35). We took the jeep at the height of 4500 meters. Along the way, I was scared or anything we'll see, because the landscape looks something like this:



at higher altitudes in the lucky clouds thinned slightly in August, the parking maturing be able to shelter at 300 meters above. It was the longest 300 m (altitude difference) in my life, the air is very rare and hard to breathe, and the substrate was composed of fine gravel, making it difficult to walk. This was also the coldest place they visited in South America, although temperatures were positive. Fell on the change of rain, snow and hail.



view from the top. The red color is a volcanic rock, resemble the structure of pumice. Quite effectively tna soles of shoes.



The hostel we entered the next (almost) 200 meters to the top. We got to the edge of the glacier. Here, unfortunately, climbing has ended, it was a height of 4980 meters above sea level. We wanted to exceed 5,000 meters, but it was not which way to get there - keep it prevented the glacier, we did not have proper equipment.





the way back we met the wolves.





road from the hostel the parking was in the clouds and rain. From the parking lot on bikes zjezdzalismy the foot of the volcano, at the height of about 3000 meters.



That volcano looks when it is not hidden in the clouds. Images found on the web.



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