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Ecuador Day 4 – Fuya Fuya (13,986 ft)

Sunday, November 23rd, 2014

Fuya Fuya Map
The Map

Fuya Fuya Trail Head
The Trail Head Signage

Mojanda Lake
Laguna Mojanda

Guide Rafael Testing Tilden's Vital Signs
Rafael Checks Tilden’s heart rate and blood oxygen saturation.

Clare on Fuya Fuya Summit
Banana on the summit!

It was our first day of acclimatization, so Rafael selected Fuya Fuya, which means Cloud Cloud. It is a 13er just about 45 minutes drive from Otavalo. It took us 1 hour and 40 minutes to get to the summit, from Lake Mojanda. This is excellent time as it’s ~1700 ft of gain. (more…)