Day 14: Illiniza norte summit(17,217 ft). Due to its presence on the equator, ecuador is just so much more lush and wet at high elevation. Some peaks had me climbing on grass all the way to the top. On Illniza, all the rock was covered in a think layer of rime. It made for very fun climbing when you had to stem on the slick rock and a slip would be a serious fall :)Before the climb, we stayed in a Refugio about 2000 ft below the summit. I ran into another Coloradian and we got to chat about climbing. There's also a full-time caretaker that lives there, and he cooked dinner for the 10 or so hikers thay were there. I can't imagine staying in a tiny hut in the mountain for 300+ days a year.Once again we were clouded out at the peak, but I was able to snap some pics when it briefly cleared up while my guide Raúl was packing his bag. Later that day ofc the sky cleared up perfectly, so I was able to get a shot of the peak we just climbed.