#170 - Christopher Fisher

About this episode

Christopher Fisher shares his experiences from a three-month adventure in Ecuador focused on human-powered volcano missions.

Send us Fan Mail Chris Fisher just came back from a three-month Ecuador adventure that started with almost no plan and turned into a full-on human-powered volcano mission. From a base in Quito at high altitude, he links long bike days with climbs on Ecuador’s biggest volcanoes, chasing a “Big Ten” style objective that becomes nine summits once he decides an actively erupting peak is a hard no. We get into what the miles actually feel like, including a brutal opening push to Cayambe and the re...

People in this episode

Host: James Lauriello

Guest: Christopher Fisher

Topics covered

• adventure
• volcanoes
• biking
• climbing
• Ecuador
• human-powered

Keywords

• Ecuador
• volcano
• biking
• climbing
• Cayambe
• adventure
• human-powered

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Places: Ecuador, Quito, Cayambe

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