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	Chimborazo (volcano) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chimborazo is an extinct volcano located in the Andes mountains of central Ecuador, 150 kilometres (93 miles) south-southwest of the capital Quito.
		Until the beginning of the nineteenth century it was thought that Chimborazo was the highest mountain on Earth (measured from sea level), and such reputation led to many attempts on its summit during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
		The Chimborazo glacier is the source of water for the population of the Bolivar and Chimborazo cantons of Ecuador.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Chimborazo (462 words)

	Chimborazo Hospital, CSA
		In the conduct of the Chimborazo Hospital the director bore in mind the fact, often overlooked by Northern historians, that the number of men of the upper classes of the South serving in the ranks was great.
		Phoebe Yates Pember, one of the matrons at the Chimborazo Hospital.
		McCaw, Commandant of the Chimborazo Hospital, unveiled the tablet which was covered with a battle flag and a hospital flag of the Confederate States Army captured during the war, and returned to Virginia by act of Congress.
	www.mdgorman.com /Hospitals/chimborazo_hospital_csa_america.htm (3509 words)

	Richmond National Battlefield -- Chimborazo Hospital
		Chimborazo hill was an excellent site for a medical facility for several reasons.
		Chimborazo had a patient mortality rate of 20 percent; dismal by today's standards, but quite good in terms of nineteenth century medicine, before the days of antibiotics, antiseptic surgery and widespread understanding of germ theory.
		Some wards had to be closed because of a lack of straw used to make mattresses, and the shortages of basic foodstuffs (salt, coffee, meat, flour) forced the hospital bakery to close in the winter of 1864-1865.
	www.nps.gov /rich/ri_hosp.htm (791 words)

	Ecuador Climbing Ecuador: climb Cotopaxi, Cayambe, Chimborazo, Illiniza Sur and Norte, Pichinchas
		For many years Chimborazo (6,310 metres - 20,703 feet) was thought to be the highest mountain in the world and still retains the distinction of being the point on the earth's surface which is farthest from its centre.
		The mountain of Chimborazo is located 150 km southwest of Quito.
		For many years Chimborazo was thought to be the highest mountain in the world and still retains the distinction of being the point on the earth's surface which is farthest from its centre.
	www.ecuaworld.com /climbing/chimborazo.htm (404 words)

	Enjoy Ecuador Nature Forest Reserve of Chimborazo - ECUADOR
		The Reserve of Chimborazo was created in October of 1987 to protect the extensive moors, the flora and the fauna of the region, and of this last, mainly to the llamas -a wild South American camel of pointed ears - that is in serious extinction danger.
		Who arrive to the lands of the Chimborazo will realize that the abrupt land and the low temperatures are not enough obstacles for not contemplating the moving solitude of the moor or the noble stamp of the snowy volcanos that have made sleepy their fury.
		The ascent to the Chimborazo is not simple and it presents certain degree of difficulty for the andinistas that yearn to crown its summit of snow.
	www.enjoyecuador.net /english/actividades/naturaleza/reserva_in.shtml (765 words)

	Mount Chimborazo 6310 m
		The Chimborazo is the highest peak in Ecuador.
		The Carihuairazo and the Chimborazo are perfectly visible from Ambato and Riobamba cities.
		As the Chimborazo, it is an extinguished volcano.
	www.geocities.com /climbdave/ichim.htm (703 words)

	Chimborazo Hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The capacity of the City Hospital was soon exceeded, and the Chimborazo Hospital was one of those constructed to receive the overflow.
		Chimborazo began receiving patients in early 1862, and was later expanded to make room for the increasing numbers of sick and wounded that poured into Richmond.
		A total of 76,000 patients were treated at Chimborazo during the course of the war.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /CasualtiesAndMedicalCare/chimborazohospital.html (322 words)

	Chimborazo Hospital
		On November 16, 1861, he was "in charge of the General Hospitals on Chimborazo Heights."(11) He still retained his civilian status, however, and continued his busy medical and surgical practice, perhaps the best in the city.
		Their large boilers were being put to good use in the five Chimborazo "soup-houses." There too, thanks to the blockade-runners, enough lye was still available to convert the cooks' surplus grease into soap.
		Pleasant relations were established, but the Commandant of Chimborazo politely refused General Weitzel's offer to put him in the general service of the United States.(40) On April 3, 1865, General Lee had not surrendered, and the Confederacy which Dr. McCaw still nobly served, was not yet dead.
	www.mdgorman.com /Hospitals/chimborazo.htm (3339 words)

	Chimborazo Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism - Ecuador
		Home to challenging peaks and towering volcanoes such as Chimborazo, the province of Chimborazo is ideal for mountaineering which is one of the many reasons it has gained popularity among foreign tourist.
		Surrounded by spectacular snowcapped peaks such as Chimborazo (at 6,310 m, Ecuador's highest peak), Riobamba, the former capital of Ecuador, is known as the Sultan of the Andes.
		Chimborazo Wildlife Reserve, 58.560 hectares in size, is so large that it overlaps into the provinces of Bolívar and Tungurahua.
	www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/chimborazo_en.htm (483 words)

	Riobamba - Chimborazo - ExploringEcuador.com
		The summit of the Chimborazo is the furthest point from the center of the Earth, as it is crossed by the Equatorial line, where the Earth is wider.
		The Chimborazo is the "Colossus" of the mountains of the region, however, it does not stand alone.
		A tradition of the indigenous communities of the Chimborazo province is to bring down ice from the glaciers of the mountain to prepare their drinks.
	www.exploringecuador.com /en_ar_riobamba.htm (2119 words)

	Ecuador Volcanoes - Chimborazo - Cotopaxi National Park
		In the Indian language, Chimborazo means "mountain of snow".
		Alexander Von Humboldt mad an unsuccessful attempt to climb the Chimborazo in 1802, and believed it to be the highest mountain in the world (6,526 feet).
		Chimborazo was finally climbed by Edward Whimper in 1880.
	www.ecuador.us /volcano.htm (600 words)

	Ecuador Climb Chimborazo
		Located 150 km (93 miles) south/southwest of Quito, Chimborazo is the highest peak in Ecuador and the point on the Earth's surface closest to the sun due to the Earth's equatorial bulge of more than 8000 metres.
		Climbing Chimborazo will present a challenge to even the most experienced mountaineer; it is not very technical (easy to moderate), but the long approach to reach the peak will certainly push you to your physical limits.
		The standard routes are the Veintimilla and Wymper routes from the refuge on the western side of the mountain.
	www.nkf-mt.org.uk /Ec.climb.Chimborazo.htm (973 words)

	chimborazo: Mt. Chimborazo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chimborazo is a climb of 4,000 feet from the high refuge, typically 8-10 hours for the ascent, and 4 hours to descend.
		Chimborazo (6310m) is the highest summit in Ecuador and also the point of the Earth.
		Chimborazo, Ecuador Location: 1.46S 78.82W Chimborazo (1.6S 78.6W) is located in the Inter-Andean Graben, a north-northeast trend structural.
	www.usmlepass.com /chimborazo.html (261 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Chimborazo
		Chimborazo, snowcapped peak in central Ecuador, in the Andes Mountains.
		An inactive volcano, Chimborazo has an elevation of 6,310 m (20,702 ft) and...
		The cordilleras of the Sierra are highest in the north, where 12 peaks rise more than 4,900 m (16,000 ft) above sea level; in the south the highest...
	encarta.msn.com /Chimborazo.html (80 words)

	Chimborazo
		The Chimborazo, 6310 m, highest mountain of Ecuador and, as all mountain books stress, due to the proximity of the equator, the nearest point on earth to the sun.
		The name of the mountain from Quechua: Chimborazo, razo,rasu = snow and chimbo probably from chimbana = to cross, since three snow covered passes surround the mountain.
		Lamas, alpakas, and sheep in the high plain northwest of the Chimborazo.
	gerdbreitenbach.de /anden/ecuador_1/chimborazo_en.html (789 words)

	Mount Chimborazo Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		From 1799 to 1804, the renowned explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, accompanied by the botanist Aime Bonpland, made a scientific excursion to South and Central America collecting numerous plant specimens and studying flora, fauna, and geology.
		Oblique aerial photograph of the snow-covered ice cap on Chimborazo (6,310 m) and, in front of it, the snow-covered ice cap of Carihuairazo (5,020 m).
		Chimborazo, a formidable extinct volcano of some 22,000 feet, is situated in central Ecuador.
	www.webdesk.com /chimborazo (233 words)

	Chimborazo mountain bike adventure - Altar - Cotopaxi - Lakes - Atillo - Ozogoche
		Mountain Biking Chimborazo Province reveals the most andean of all ecuadorean provinces with the largest, most dense indigenous population and the highest and widest mountain ranges in Ecuador.
		Thus its capital, Riobamba, at the geographic center of Ecuador, is historically known as The Sultan of the Andes and the Heart of the Fatherland.
		We offer excursions to Chimborazo and other snowpeaks, mountain lakes, thermal pools, rain and cloud forests and indigenous, historic and cultural sites that reveal unimagined natural and cultural wonders hidden to the common tourist.
	www.probici.com (375 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mount Chimborazo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mount Chimborazo is an extinct volcano located in the Andes mountains of central Ecuador, 150 kilometres south-southwest of the capital Quito.
		Since the Earth bulges at the equator and Chimborazo is just one degree south, this means the summit of Chimborazo is the furthest point from the center of the Earth.
		In 1802 during his expedition to South America, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, accompanied by Aimé Bonpland and the Ecuadorian Carlos Montufar attempted to reach the summit.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mount-Chimborazo (321 words)

	Chimborazo by Steven W. Wise 1588519465 - Direct Textbook Details and Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the last dark months of the Civil War.
		CHIMBORAZO is not a pretty tale, but a realistic one of the hospital conditions at the close of the Civil War.
		Doctors and nurses of this era are given the credit they have deserved as their story is woven in with the suffering and deprivation of their patients.
	www.directtextbook.com /reviews/1588519465 (1060 words)

	Mount Chimborazo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chimborazo from SW (Distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)) Elevation:
		Since the Earth bulges at the (An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles) equator and Chimborazo is just one degree south, this means the summit of Chimborazo is the furthest point from the center of the Earth (6384.4 km).
		However, since the elevations of mountains are given in relation to mean sea level, (A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)) Everest (8,850 m; 29,035 feet) is given the glory of highest point on Earth.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mount_chimborazo.htm (433 words)

	History of Chimborazo Hospital, CSA
		I have selected as the subject of this paper, the most noted and largest military hospital in the annals of history, either ancient or modern, "Chimborazo Hospital," at Richmond, Va., 1862 to 1865, and in connection therewith, the commandant and medical director, Surgeon James B. McCaw, and his staff.
		East of the city of Richmond, whilom capital of the Confederate States, and separated from the city proper by the historic Bloody Run Creek, is an elevated plateau of nearly forty acres, commanding from its height a grand view.
		With natural drainage, the best conceivable on the east, south and west; good water supply; five large ice houses; Russian bath house; cleanliness and excellent system of removal of wastes, the best treatment, comforts and result in a military hospital in times of war were secured.
	www.mdgorman.com /Hospitals/history_of_chimborazo.htm (1811 words)

	history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chimborazo Elementary School has a rich history that began during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation.
		Later, in 1905 at the corner of Thirty-third and Marshall Streets, another Chimborazo was opened as a part of the Richmond Public School system.
		The school was named for the nearby Chimborazo Park, located on a promontory overlooking the James River.
	www.richmond.k12.va.us /schools/chimborazo/history.htm (328 words)

	Chimborazo Summit Trek
		Although the very physically demanding approach makes Chimborazo a classic big climb, it is achievable by novice (but very fit) trekkers.
		We will move on to Chimborazo and arrive at the refuge on Chimborazo at 3 or 4 in the afternoon.
		We move immediately to the massive glacier on Chimborazo's southwest face where we first traverse moderately angled ice slopes.
	www.nkf-mt.org.uk /Ecuador_Chimborazo.htm (862 words)

	Ecuador PlanetEcuador- Andes - Chimborazo
		And if you think it might be worthwhile seeing the highest peak of Ecuador, an extinct volcano of 6310 m which is also the farthest point from the center of the earth !
		Chimborazo should be part of your destinations !
		Let me introduce you to the highest peak of Ecuador, an extinct volcano of 6310 m which is also the farthest point from the center of the earth, Chimborazo !
	www.planetecuador.net /chimborazo.htm (100 words)

	Hotel - Ecuador Riobamba Hosteria Abraspungo Lodge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Abraspungo is also the name of a valley of glacial which is located between the mountains Chimborazo and Carihuairazo, at 4.000 Mts.
		It’s architectural style is “mestizo”, typical of the Ecuadorian countryside, ransoming the type of architecture used in the ancestral manors and mansions as well as the housing of the country men of Ecuador.
		Stylishly decorated, with all types of ancestral objects used in farming, and very illustrative photographs of native landscapes and cultures, you can appreciate the richness of the natural resources that the province of Chimborazo and Ecuador in general offer to it’s tourists.
	www.abraspungo.com (141 words)

	Nurse Pember and the Whiskey War
		From atop Chimborazo Hill on the western outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, Phoebe Yates Pember, matron of Chimborazo Hospital Number Two, looked down upon "a scene of indescribable confusion." A few months earlier, the collapse of the Confederacy had been only a whispered rumor.
		Chimborazo was at the time said to be the largest military hospital in the world, and Phoebe would be its first matron.
		Pember faced what she later considered "the hardest trial of my duty at Chimborazo." She told Fisher there was no hope for him, and the gravely injured man gave her directions on notifying his mother of his death.
	www.thehistorynet.com /cwti/blnursepember (928 words)

	GORP - Lower Slopes - Climbing Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The imposing domes of Chimborazo and El Carihuairazo on one side; the jagged point of Altar on another; the still-active cone of Sangay enmeshed in clouds drifting up from the jungle.
		Though known to climbers since British mountaineer Edward Whymper made the first recorded ascent in 1880, Chimborazo is not the household name that Everest is. And yet the 20,561 foot mountain has its own impressive claim to fame.
		Because the planet is at its widest circumference at the equator, Chimborazo's summit is the furthest point from the center of the Earth.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/latamer/ecuador/chimbo.htm (893 words)

	Ecuador Volcano Climbing Expeditions with Southwest Adventure Guides
		The peaks of Cotopaxi (19,348 ft.), Chimborazo (20,703 ft.) and Cayambe (18,997 ft.) are unsurpassed for acquiring high altitude climbing experience in a wonderful country.
		Whether you are doing the Expedition Mountaineering School or the Volcano Climbing Expedition, the emphasis is on developing the skills and experience required to climb high altitude mountains safely and successfully.
		Chimborazo - At 20,703 feet this is Ecuador's highest peak.
	www.mtnguide.net /international/ecuador/ecuador.php (938 words)

	Ecuador Trip 1990
		It is sunny outside with a cool wind and is rejuvenating to stand in the sun.
		The plan is to travel to Chimborazo tomorrow, as planned, but ask the driver to return us to Quito a day earlier to give us time to clean clothes, repack, and shop before leaving for the jungle trip.
		It has been windy this evening and Chimborazo is very impressive from the hut.
	www.glassmountains.com /clm_ecuador_1992.html (1756 words)

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