| It was Wymper`s second ascension to the | | | | settled down to carry out so daring journey. |
| colossus of Ecuadorian Andes on July 1880, when | | | | Â |
| 100 Km. to the north, Chimborazo Volcano | | | | My passion for Chimborazo Volcano began when I |
| erupted and covered with a black ash mantel the | | | | was a boy, when a school trip took us to the |
| mountain where Wymper was. The pictures and | | | | giant's slopes of about of 6300 meters high. Step |
| drawings of Wymper show him and his partners | | | | by step I was feeding my passion for the |
| posing next to the place where Edgar Wymper | | | | Chimborazo. Trough the years, I have been able |
| established the second and third camp for the | | | | to store a wide collection of articles published by |
| first 2 ascensions to the volcano, in this occasion | | | | the own Wymper about their experiences in the |
| all covered with ash. | | | | Ecuadorian Andes and especially about |
| Images like these, motivated me to look for the | | | | Chimborazo, our favorite volcano. |
| remains that the mythical English mountaineer | | | | |