The altitude change did not hit me until Mount Pichincha. Mt. Pichincha is a volcano and we had the most amazing opportunity to go to the top of it. Last time, we were able to see the whole city from the top. From the Basílica del Voto Nacional, we were able to see the city. However, on Mt. Pichincha you really see the whole city!!
We went up via the Teleferico cable car. I enjoyed it!! I love heights, so this was something that I was definitely going to enjoy!! I loved seeing the treetops and buildings get smaller and smaller as we got closer to the volcano-top. The whole city was getting smaller. Some of us that went in the same cable car as me did not enjoy heights, but I was having a lot of fun. I was joking that going down with a mountain bike would be extremely fun!!! They did not agree with me… Once we got to the end of the cable car ride we were pretty high. And the first thing that I wanted to do was jump!! After about seven jumps, I could feel that I was out of breath. The altitude was really hitting me. We continued to walk and every few steps we had to stop to catch our breaths!! The ups and downs were really getting to us. Normally, I do not think it would be that bad, but on Mt. Pichincha it was another world. The effects of altitude change were evident. We walked and rested quite a lot. We also took a lot of jumping pictures and enjoyed the view along the way. As we were going back to the city, it started to rain. It was drizzling at first and it was not that bad. However, shortly after, it started to pour. It was raining cats and dogs, and there was some wind, which caused the car to shake. This made some of us scared. When we were very close to the end, the car abruptly stopped and due to the wind, the car was still shaking too. Two minutes from our final destination, two minutes from land, we were stuck and literally hanging by a thread. Some of the people in the cable car were extremely scared, but we were very close to the ground so if anything were to happen, we were going to fall on the grass. Once we landed, the Disney movie The Pacifier came to mind especially when Lulu Plummer said, “Land! Solid land!” while kissing the floor after her older sister Zoe, who had not passed drivers education, was driving. I think that sums up what some of us were feeling on the cable car.
We went up via the Teleferico cable car. I enjoyed it!! I love heights, so this was something that I was definitely going to enjoy!! I loved seeing the treetops and buildings get smaller and smaller as we got closer to the volcano-top. The whole city was getting smaller. Some of us that went in the same cable car as me did not enjoy heights, but I was having a lot of fun. I was joking that going down with a mountain bike would be extremely fun!!! They did not agree with me… Once we got to the end of the cable car ride we were pretty high. And the first thing that I wanted to do was jump!! After about seven jumps, I could feel that I was out of breath. The altitude was really hitting me. We continued to walk and every few steps we had to stop to catch our breaths!! The ups and downs were really getting to us. Normally, I do not think it would be that bad, but on Mt. Pichincha it was another world. The effects of altitude change were evident. We walked and rested quite a lot. We also took a lot of jumping pictures and enjoyed the view along the way. As we were going back to the city, it started to rain. It was drizzling at first and it was not that bad. However, shortly after, it started to pour. It was raining cats and dogs, and there was some wind, which caused the car to shake. This made some of us scared. When we were very close to the end, the car abruptly stopped and due to the wind, the car was still shaking too. Two minutes from our final destination, two minutes from land, we were stuck and literally hanging by a thread. Some of the people in the cable car were extremely scared, but we were very close to the ground so if anything were to happen, we were going to fall on the grass. Once we landed, the Disney movie The Pacifier came to mind especially when Lulu Plummer said, “Land! Solid land!” while kissing the floor after her older sister Zoe, who had not passed drivers education, was driving. I think that sums up what some of us were feeling on the cable car.