memoir

this is one of my I was 14 years old one of my desired goals was to climb all the mountains in my country, Ecuador. It is part of the Andes mountain range, so we havae a group of mountains. we even have the tallest active volcano in the world, that is Chimborazo, but that is a another story. since the teleferico was installed at Pichincha, it was my first step as a mountain climber. My brother has a friend who is a mountain climber, and with him we were gonna do our goal, which was climb the Cotopaxi. 

the preparation for it, was to climb  the higher and higher mountains in order to get to climb Cotopaxi well.  the first one was climb Rucu-Pichincha. the Pichincha mountain has four hills, and Rucu is the second highest it has. that trip was amazing. first though, I've never hiked for so long, but i knew it was going to take a while to get to the top. this type of 'sport' needs a lot of pacience because it takes a while. what I liked from that trip was the view, and we got to spend time with my brother's friends who I know since I was born, (my brother is 10 years older than me by the way). 

the second mountain we went was Corazon. Its translated to Heart, because from Quito it looks like a heart-shaped heart but upside-down. this is one of a lifetime experience I love to tell. during the hike, I stayed behind with my brother to catch  a breath and drink some water and the rest of the group kept on going. they weren't that far we still could see them. we got to a rocky part where you need to climb some in order to get to the top. I was tired it was a four to five hour hike with little rest. at this rocky part, i decided to climb with my arms because my legs were tired, so I started pulling myself up. there was a big boulder we needed to climb,  my brother was behind me so I had to go first. suddenly the boulder came of the mountain and almost fell on me, but lucky me I reacted fast so that it won't fall on top of me, it just brushed my leg and it got a little bruised. 

After we went to Corazon we then went to the Ilinizas and then to Cayambe to test the crapons and picks at Cayambes glazier. after that we stopped with the hiking adventure of the Cisneros Brothers. Still, I have the desire to climb not just Cotopaxi, but the rest of mountains this beautiful country have.