A view of Mexico City
from Chaultepec Park.
A view of La Malinche, our acclimating peak, from
the mountain resort.
A roaring fire at the
cabins we stay at at the base of our first peak, La
Malinche
Climbing towrds the summit of La Malinche
A view of Popocatepetl and Iccticihuatl from near
the summit of La Malinche
Descending La Malinche
A view of Pico de Orizaba on the 4WD journey to basecamp
A view of Orizaba from the hut at Pierdra Grande,
our basecamp
Climbing up through the "Labyrinth" by headlamp
early in the morning
Sunrise at 16,500 ft on the Jamapa Glacier
Looking down into the crater of Orizaba from the rim
at 18,000 ft
Climbing the last hundred vertical along the crater
rim to the summit
The Summit!