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Ecuador Volcanoes Expedition Dispatch
October 13, 2018 – Cotopaxi Summit Day
![Starting our hike to Refugio Jose Rivas](assets/08-1-start-the-hike-tocotopaxi-high-camp.jpg)
Starting our hike to Refugio Jose Rivas
![Hike to high camp](assets/08-2-hiking-to-high-camp.jpg)
Hike to high camp
![Team at high camp](assets/08-3-team-at-refugio-jose-jivas-cotopaxi.jpg)
Team at high camp
![Climbing Cotopaxi](assets/08-4-to-8-views-cotopaxi-summit-day.jpg)
Climbing Cotopaxi
![Team on the summit](assets/08-9-summit-cotopaxi.jpg)
Team on the summit
![The crater of Cotopaxi](assets/08-12-cotopaxi-crater.jpg)
The crater of Cotopaxi
![Gabby and Kale](assets/08-15-cotopaxi-summit.jpg)
Gabby and Kale
![Christina on the summit](assets/08-16-cotopaxi-summit.jpg)
Christina on the summit
![Climbing down from the summit](assets/08-17-climbing-down-cotopaxi-summit.jpg)
Climbing down from the summit
![Happy after a successful summit](assets/08-18-cotopaxi-summit-day.jpg)
Happy after a successful summit
![Climbing down](assets/08-climbing-down-cotopaxi.jpg)
Climbing down
![Christina back from the summit](assets/08-26-climbing-down-cotopaxi.jpg)
Christina back from the summit
![Christina and Joaquin back down at the trailhead](assets/08-27-climbing-down-trailhead.jpg)
Christina and Joaquin back down at the trailhead
![Lunch time after a long climb](assets/08-lunch-after-cotopaxi-climb.jpg)
Lunch time after a long climb
![View of the crater of Cotopaxi](assets/08-31-cotopaxi-crater.jpg)
View of the crater of Cotopaxi