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. A Rare Look at ...

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, ...

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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 ...

This Ecuador motorcycle day leaves the humid heat of Guayaquil and climbs through jungle and endless switchbacks until Chimborazo rises above the clouds, and knowing you are riding toward the point on ...

When the springs dried up the local indigenous leaders raised their eyes to the heavens. They knew what they would find. Up above, the glacier that capped Chimborazo volcano was receding. But ...