This is my friend Jake on Mt. Cotopaxi in the Andes last weekend. Located about 75 kilometres (50 mi) south of Quito, Ecuador. Cotopaxi is one of the highest active volcaones in the world.

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Climbing volcanoes is no easy feat, according to Jake:

… been weight training, running, swimming at 3000metres every single day for the last two months to climb that bitch.

Due to a storm he never completed the ascent.

How damn cool is that shot? Wish I was there!

/plays DJ Tiësto Feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw - Walking On Clouds