By AG STAFF
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16 November 2015
At 6268m, Chimborazo is Ecuador’s highest mountain, as well as a dormant volcano. Despite being only one degree south of the equator, the mountain is covered in glaciers, which provide water for Ecuadorans but are melting at an alarming rate. Tim Jarvis will attempt to climb Chimborazo in the next few weeks as part of his 25zero project.
AG Society-sponsored adventurer Tim Jarvis hoped to “instil a sense of urgency” at the COP21 climate change conference in Paris when he climbed three equatorial mountains with melting glaciers and live streamed what he saw to world leaders. The climb was a part of the 25zero project, which coordinated summits of all 25 equatorial mountains with glaciers predicted to disappear within the next 25 years – some of which are pictured in the gallery below. This year, Tim Jarvis will be a guest speaker at the AG Society Awards night. To book your tickets click
HERE.