In 1831 Jean Baptiste Boussingault and Colonel Hall reached a new "highest point", computed to be 6,006 m. In 1880 Chimborazo's summit was first climbed by Edward Whymper and the brothers Louis and Jean-Antoine Carrel.
Leta 1802 je poskušal osvojiti vrh, med svojo odpravo v Južno Ameriko, baron Alexander von Humboldt skupaj z Aime Bonplandom in ekvadorcem Carlosom Montúfarjem.