Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador could be considered higher than Everest by one measure. But it’s way more within reach — physically and financially — for adventure travelers.

While Mount Everest is the highest above sea level, Chimborazo’s 6,263-meter (20,549-foot) summit achieves its unique status through the equatorial bulge of the planet.

Ecuador recently latched on to this statistical quirk to promote Chimborazo as an emerging destination. ... Mount Chimborazo is about four hours south of Quito (pictured) by car.

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Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes, ... Mount Chimborazo, Mount Everest, Ecuador. Related News. Mt Everest's Snow Cover Receded By 150 Metres This Winter, ...

S ometime in 1822 Simón Bolívar, the Great Liberator of Latin America, fell into a delirium. He dreamed he had climbed the slopes of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador’s highest peak, in the tracks of ...

Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador could be considered higher than Everest by one measure. But it’s way more within reach — physically and financially — for adventure travelers.

Climbing Chimborazo. Chimborazo is only the 39 th tallest mountain in the Andes, when measured from sea level, but there was a brief time in the 19 th century when it was thought to be the world ...

Chimborazo is only the 39 th tallest mountain in the Andes, when measured from sea level, but there was a brief time in the 19 th century when it was thought to be the world’s highest peak.

Sebastián Crespo Photography/Moment RF/Getty Images via CNN Newsource Mount Chimborazo is the highest peak in Ecuador. It's also the closest point on Earth to the stars.