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Adventure Stories | BY Rami Rasamny | PUBLISH DATE: February 27 2023 | READ TIME: 1 min | UPDATED DATE: June 05 2026

Chimborazo Expedition in Pictures

The Life Happens Outdoors team approaching Chimborazo Base Camp with the Ventimilla summit visible high above during the Climb Cotopaxi & Climb Chimborazo Expedition. — Approaching Chimborazo high camp with the trail to Ventimilla summit clearly in view ahead.

The Life Happens Outdoors team on the summit of Chimborazo as seen from the Ventimilla summit during the Climb Cotopaxi & Climb Chimborazo Expedition. — Climbers on the Whymper summit of Chimborazo at sunrise.

LHO guide Jorge Coronel ascending to Chimborazo Base Camp on the snow ridge during the Climb Cotopaxi & Climb Chimborazo Expedition with the Life Happens Outdoors team. — LHO mountain guide Pablo breaking the trail as the fog ebbs and flows.

Cotopaxi erupting between the clouds as seen by the Life Happens Outdoors team from Rucu Pichincha during the Climb Cotopaxi & Climb Chimborazo Expedition. — Cotopaxi volcano erupting seen from Ruco Picchincha.

The Life Happens Outdoors team approaching Chimborazo Base Camp with the Ventimilla summit visible high above during the Climb Cotopaxi & Climb Chimborazo Expedition. — The LHO team crossing the ridge to high camp on Chimborazo.

The glacier of the Chimborazo Plateau between the main summit and the Ventimilla summit during the Climb Cotopaxi & Climb Chimborazo Expedition with the Life Happens Outdoors team. — The Chimborazo glacier seen from the summit just after sunrise.

Sulfur cloud rising from the Cotopaxi crater as seen at sunrise from the summit of Chimborazo during the Climb Cotopaxi & Climb Chimborazo Expedition with the Life Happens Outdoors team. — Cotopaxi and Cayambe seen at sunrise from Chimborazo summit.

LHO guide Jorge Coronel pointing out Cotopaxi on the horizon from the summit of Chimborazo during the Climb Cotopaxi & Climb Chimborazo Expedition with the Life Happens Outdoors team. — LHO guide Jorge pointing to Cotopaxi, Cayambe and Antisana volcanoes in the distance from Chimborazo summit.

Sunrise on the summit of Chimborazo with Cotopaxi, Antisana, and Cayambe visible on the horizon during the Climb Cotopaxi & Climb Chimborazo Expedition with the Life Happens Outdoors team. — The LHO team on the summit of Chimborazo.

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Rami Rasamny

Rami Rasamny is the founder of Life Happens Outdoors, a premium adventure travel company that uses the outdoors as a catalyst for human transformation. His work brings people into the mountains not only for challenge, but for clarity, confidence, and connection. He believes that when people answer the call to adventure truthfully, they come back different.

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