Charles Allison (Auckland section) and Craig Anderson have just returned from scaling some volcanoes in Ecuador, including Mt Chimborazo, the world’s thickest mountain (due to the earth’s equatorial bulge). One Ecuadorian is quoted as saying “We have a revolution every Thursday at 2:30pm…” but we found both the government and the weather to be fantastically stable. Cool and clear night and morning, chance of a snow flurry late afternoon every day for two weeks. We were also pleased to discover the name John Nankervis still being spoken reverentially among local climbers, 10 years on from his trip there. Craig Anderson