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Kate on Pichincha. This is where it begins
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Pichincha seemed a good place to start
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It's gorgeous, it's close, and I've done it before
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There's Quito in the background
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Katt and Kate, climbing Pichincha
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Kate on top of Pichincha. The idea was to test our altitude tollerance
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And the ladies coming down again
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An evil cow, the following weekend
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El Corazon was the next target
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It was a whole world of paramo
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And there it is, looking awfully steep
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If the clouds weren't there, you'd see Cotopaxi
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El Corazon, again. 4782 metres above sea level
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An unusually clear view, to be honest
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Me
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Katt in the Corazon clouds
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Up Corazon
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Looking down on Katt and Kate. I kinda ran up the mountain
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And here's me at the top
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The Summit
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The next weekend, and this is the Iliniza refuge, at 4700
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It's cold up here
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Katt
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Mad fools. Nice tents though
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This is Iliniza Norte, which we climbed
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It's at, I think, 5,116 metres. My highest yet, and the first piercing of the magic 5000
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It's got a bit of everything
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And Kate found it a little tiring
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But kept on all the same
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This is Katt
