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Friday, October 11, 2024
After our rainy summit of Volcan La Malinche, our team was pretty excited to see sun pop up in the forecast. We headed toward Volcan Iztaccihuatl (Ixta) excited for our next summit.
At our regular food and water pit stop in Amecameca (my favorite word) our local guide Allan had some bad news. The rains from Hurricane Milton had caused the park service to close the road, and we would have a 9 kilometer hike to our normal parking/basecamp area. This was sad to hear, as it made a summit of Ixta a hard proposition. But we quickly brainstormed and decided we would trek to basecamp, then get as far up Ixta as possible. This would give us great altitude training for our biggest goal, Orizaba at 18,500’.
The next day we hiked through pleasant tall grass meadows and pine trees and camped at our normal basecamp at 13,000’. In the morning we woke to a ‘practice’ alpine start at 3:00am, and were finally greeted by stars and the moon.
On our climb to 15,500’ we watched a colorful sunrise and Volcan Popocatepetl puffing away across the valley. All in all a spectacular altitude training day.
Trekking back through the pine tree meadows, everyone was excited to get to Puebla for pizza, a nice night in a hotel, then to our final volcano, Pico de Orizaba!
RMI Guide Joe Hoch
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Mexicos Volcanoes October 5, 2024
Posted by: Joe Hoch
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico
October 6, 2024 - 11:38 am PT
After a breakfast with a great view of Mexico City at a little place we found, the Mexico Volcanos team is headed to the rustic cabins at La Malinche.
The weather has been a bit rainy, but we expect sun later in the week and we're excited to get on our first volcano tomorrow!
RMI Guide Joe Hoch
New Post Alerts:
Mexicos Volcanoes October 5, 2024
Posted by: JM Gorum, Hannah Smith, Avery Parrinello
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 9,000'
On The Map
Posted by: Tyler Jones, Bryan Mazaika, Nick Scott
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 11,000'
On The Map
David and the rest of the team,
We had dinner last night with Lou Whittaker and his wife Ingrid. He turns 90 soon, but is still going strong. An inspiration.
He told us a rather harrowing tale of his Mt. McKinley (Denali) ascent with his twin brother Jim, Pete Schoening, and John (?) . The good news is that you are in great hands and being much more careful than they were. The most important take away advice I got from his tale is ‘don’t fall.’
We raised a toast to all of you. Much love. Take care.
Posted by: Linda Glein on 6/5/2018 at 4:07 pm
Thank you for the posts and pictures - excellent! The camp times must be as enjoyable as the climb judging from the pictures / views. Enjoy!
Posted by: Matt H's Parents on 6/5/2018 at 9:31 am
Posted by: Walter Hailes, Jessie Poquerusse
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mexico
Elevation: 15,000'
On The Map
Love reading these updates! This adventure sounds amazing! Keep up the hard work!
Posted by: Mende Potkay on 1/24/2018 at 1:44 pm
RMI Guide Mark Tucker calls from the Roof of Africa
On The Map
Pongezi Annie & Phillip!!! The view looks amazing.
Have a great adventure!
Posted by: Åsta on 7/30/2017 at 8:03 pm
Congrats & Way to Go to everyone on the team for summiting Kilamanjaro!!
Glad to hear it was a safe trip!
Hope you all will have lasting memories of this trip.
- Mike Gary (Kevin’s brother)
P.S. Happy belated birthday, Kevin! :)
Posted by: Mike Gary on 7/30/2017 at 7:34 pm
Posted by: Casey Grom, Paul Rachele
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,060'
Posted by: Brent Okita, Christina Dale, JT Schmitt
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 7,800'
On The Map
Posted by: Mark Tucker, Pepper Dee
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
On The Map
Good luck Fred and fellow climbers. Have a great day!
Jerry and Carol Hedstrom
Posted by: Jerry & Carol Hedstrom on 1/22/2017 at 6:06 pm
Thinking of you a lot today, and hoping for a smooth and safe ascent (and descent of course). We couldn’t be prouder! :)
Posted by: Jenny M. on 1/22/2017 at 3:01 pm
Want to wish my amazing brother, Art Muir, a Happy Birthday! Now I can brag about my 71 year old brother who climbs mountains all over the world! Have a great day, Art.
Posted by: Bonnie on 1/9/2017 at 6:56 am
Jim and Art…we are following the climb. So exciting! Be safe. Hope to see your faces on one of the posts.
Jack and Pam Schriver
Posted by: Jack and Pam Schriver on 1/2/2017 at 6:10 pm
Happy New Year team! Hope you have a fantastic trip up the mountain! Someone give Hannah a hug from her momma!
Posted by: Shannon Smith on 12/31/2018 at 10:03 am
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