Equador Climbing part 2

Cotopaxi was the third climb of the trip.

Everyone out of the vehicle. Time to start walking.

No much to see on the barren rock landscape, but there was a cute red fox.

What does he find to eat up here?

Cotopaxi was (in Tracy's own words from his text message to me after the decent) "the most harrowing climb of my life." He was buddy roped with a guy who got altitude sickness. The wind was blowing very hard and knocked the guy down several times. He was disappointed they only could spend seconds on the summit because it was a beautiful view.

 

 I am just so thankful he made it off safely.

The next few days they relaxed in a little town and did a some sight seeing.

This is the local delicacy of grilled guinea pigs!

The last mountain to climb was Chimborazo. Unfortunately this is as close as they got.
They spent the night in this hut, and woke up the next morning and could not even see the mountain.

Well that is the end of my story. If you want to hear more about it you will have to ask Tracy.

Random fun in Hawaii

I decided since I will never "catch up" on my blog and all the things we have enjoyed since moving in November, I will just post a bunch of random things in no special order.

SNORKELING

Morish Idol, my personal favorite.

wrasse

threadfin butterflyfish

whitemouth moray eel

All these pictures were taken by Megan's new camera she recieved for Christmas.

We love Sea Turtles

Biking on th Old Mamamaloha Highway

Mauna Kea

 boogi boarding:)

My mom is hear visiting this month and Todd and Steph are coming next week, who else wants to come join the fun?



Tracy goes to South America!

Tracy had the amazing opportunity to go to Ecuador on a mountaineering expedition for 2 weeks in December. The amazing bonus of the trip was visiting with his parents who are serving a mission in Quito. It was very strange to get to Skype Tracy in Ecuador and see him with Grandpa and Grandma Yost.

Sight seeing and buying souvenirs. Tracy bought this red bag for Megan. The picture is with the man who made it.

The first volcano to tackle was essentially a day hike up Pichincha (15,706 feet)

Summit sign. One down 3 to go.

The local 3 star hotel :)

The second climb was a scramble up Illiniza Norte 16,818 feet

                                                  So far the knees are holding together well.

 

a hut half-way up where they stopped to rest briefly.

A daunting look at what is still ahead.

 The "Corner of Death"!

Summit of Illiniza Norte 16,818 feet.

2 down 2 to go!

But getting to the top is only half the fun.

After a few days rest it was time to tackle Cotopaxi.

But you just have to wait to see what happens next.



Yost's in Hawaii

FYI we have moved to Hawaii. I need to work backwards to get a lot of blogging done. I have decided to just blog about events and not worry about the timeline.  Hawaii has been wonderful. Everyone has been asking for pictures, so here are a few of us enjoying ourselves in the sun.

Erica snorkeling. Megan got an awesome waterproof camera for Christmas and we have had a lot of fun with it.

Yellow tang (I think that's what they are called)

Tracy and his new truck.

Beach 69 on New Years Day!

We have celebrated every winter holiday at the beach. Erica was talking about going back to school and mistakenly said "when is summer break over?" I had to smile and tell her we were on winter break.