From the Top of Mt. Pichincha - Quito, Ecuador

 

While I successfully made it to the peak of Mt. Pichincha (pictured above) in two and a half hours no problem. I’m guessing, however, I might have went up a little too fast. I should have paced myself better, since I wasn’t acclimated to the altitude nor the heat, and I’m guessing I didn’t drink enough water during the assent, either. When I got back to my hotel, I started to get the chills and the dehydration set in. I drank two litres of water and a litre of beer to redehydrate, and crawled under the covers for two hours with the shakes. After that I was fine. The next day I went whitewater rafting.