It sounds like you had good conditions on Orizaba. The glacier can be really icy sometimes. My Izta report has a map attached as an image: http://www.summitpost.org/iztaccihuatl-utm/377355 MountainHikerette agrees Izta is harder than Orizaba!
Nice job Kevin! I was up in 2008 and stayed with the Canchola's as well, it always brings a smile to my face to see people's group pictures with them. I have an 8x10 copy of ours at home :)
Monster5 - Jan 16, 2015 1:48 am - Hasn't voted
NiceThe only Mexican drink you ever need drink is Horchata. Mmmm.
shknbke - Jan 16, 2015 7:56 pm - Hasn't voted
YepRyan, it was Horchata! I think my driver watered it down too much. I see there is a Horchata energy drink! This is what I bought.
http://www.proalmex.com.mx/productos.php?id=1
Matt Lemke - Jan 16, 2015 4:28 pm - Voted 10/10
Seeing double!This looks very similar to my TR from 2012 lol. Even the photos look similar!
shknbke - Jan 16, 2015 4:36 pm - Hasn't voted
snowMatt, yes, but there was way more snow on my trip, which was very good! I will take snow over scree any day!
Matt Lemke - Jan 16, 2015 4:47 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: snowYeah we actually had rock hard ice on orizaba...my crampons barely bit as we were heading up. The snow you had looks great though
MarkDidier - Jan 17, 2015 10:31 am - Voted 10/10
Nice report......and great pics! Not something I will probably ever attempt, so it's nice to live vicariously through others. Thanks for posting, Mark
MountainHikerCO - Jan 19, 2015 7:17 pm - Voted 10/10
Nice ReportIt sounds like you had good conditions on Orizaba. The glacier can be really icy sometimes. My Izta report has a map attached as an image: http://www.summitpost.org/iztaccihuatl-utm/377355 MountainHikerette agrees Izta is harder than Orizaba!
chicagotransplant - Jan 21, 2015 11:25 am - Voted 10/10
Good MemoriesNice job Kevin! I was up in 2008 and stayed with the Canchola's as well, it always brings a smile to my face to see people's group pictures with them. I have an 8x10 copy of ours at home :)