We’ve been camping for the last week in Cotopaxi National Park. It’s been great camping out in the wild. There were a small herd of horses that came near our camp on a few days. There was also a fox who came hunting for food right near to us.
On the last day we climbed a steep path part of the way up the side of the mountain. The air gets very thin as you climb higher and higher up a mountain. That meant there was not as much oxygen to breathe and it was very hard work and tiring.
Later we explored more of the Cotopaxi National Park. We learned that the people who look after the park have noticed that in the last ten years there is less snow on the mountains. They have also noticed that there is less water in the two big lakes in the park. They think this is happening because of global warming. They are working very hard to make the best use of the rain water that falls to stop the lakes from drying up. If the lakes dry up there will be nowhere for the fish to live and the birds that feed on the fish will have to find somewhere else to live.
