In July, I stood at nearly 18,700 feet (5,700 m) facing a decision: keep going or turn back. Cotopaxi — Ecuador’s most active volcano — revealed its true nature that morning: the altitude, the scree, the wind sapped my strength. It’s difficult if not impossible to fully prepare for the reality on the mountain. Climbing
Three years ago, we were on the Galápagos island of Santa Cruz with our children — then ten and fourteen years old — and watched as a sea lion lay in the middle of the pier while a cluster of people formed, their evening stroll interrupted by the living obstacle. Some carefully squeezed past the
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A Galápagos diving trip confronts experienced divers with a simple question: When do you dive, at which spot — and with whom? The answers determine whether you experience a school of hammerheads from a few meters away or spend most of your time managing powerful currents. Galápagos concentrates in 17,000 square miles (45,000 km²) of
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The first time I swam beneath the surface around the Galápagos Islands, I suddenly understood why Darwin described this archipelago as «a little world within itself.» Galápagos snorkeling is not simply an activity — it’s an encounter with a world that exists nowhere else on the planet. Turquoise currents, silvery schools of fish, and the
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