The dormant volcano Chimborazo (in Ecuador) is the furthest point from the Earths centre, or the point on Earth closest to the sun! This is because of the equatorial bulge, pushing this point out into ...

This Ecuador motorcycle day leaves the humid heat of Guayaquil and climbs through jungle and endless switchbacks until ...

Mount Chimborazo of Ecuador may be a dormant volcano, but its neighbors are anything but. In fact, the nearby Reventador volcano has erupted more than 25 times in the past 500 years. National Treasure ...

Ecuador recently latched on to this statistical quirk to promote Chimborazo as an emerging destination. The idea is that, unlike Everest or Aconcagua (the highest peak in the Andes), this superlative ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Chimborazo and a valley near Guaranda in Ecuador. The mountain's rounded, ...