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Central Puebla, Mexico

With a rest day in Puebla, our Mexico Volcanoes expedition team had a chance to explore the historic town.  Terry Sylvester, expedition leader, checks in with today’s dispatch:

Hello, this is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mexico Volcanoes expedition.  It’s Friday, October 22nd.

Today we had a rest day in Puebla.  We had all day to visit museums, get some good meals, and visit some of the historic cathedrals and other churches in this beautiful city.  The weather was great – a little afternoon thundershowers – but otherwise beautiful weather for exploring these historic streets.

Tomorrow we will drive up to San Miguel Zoapan which is the little town where our lodge is located at the base of  el Pico de Orizaba.  We’ll have lunch and then get into 4WD vehicles and make our way up to our base camp at about 14,000 ft. right at the base of the climbing route.  We’ll spend the next day, Sunday, acclimatizing.  Then we will go to bed early, wake up around midnight, and if all goes according to plan, we’ll be on the summit of Orizaba early Monday morning.

So I’ll be in touch with updates as that climb processes.

The beautiful architecture of Puebla, Mexico

The beautiful architecture of Puebla, Mexico

Central Puebla, Mexico

Central Puebla, Mexico

Chalupas with mole poblano for breakfast in Puebla, Mexico

Chalupas with mole poblano for breakfast in Puebla, Mexico

Puebla, Mexico's historic cathedral. Construction started in 1575.

Puebla, Mexico’s historic cathedral. Construction started in 1575.


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Happy climbers, David and Josh on the Iztaccihuatl Summit

Congrats to our Mexico Volcanoes team as they reached the summit of the first of the two major objectives of the expedition, Iztaccihuatl (5230m/17,160ft).  Here’s expedition leader, Terray Sylvester with the recap of the summit day:

Hello, this is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mexico Volcanoes expedition. It’s Thursday, October 21st.  Today we had a great climb to the summit of Iztaccihuatl, the third highest volcano in Mexico, and the third highest volcano in North America. The summit is 17,160 ft.

We had beautiful weather, we topped out at about 8:00am, so just a half an hour after the sun rose. As we climbed, we had great views of Popocatépetl to the south and the lights of Puebla over to the east. That capped off a good three days on Iztaccihuatl, we were acclimatizing, moving loads over to our high camp and then eventually moved into our high camp at 15,400 ft. before heading for the summit.

Now we’re back in Puebla.  We’ll spend two nights here resting before we head over to Pico de Orizaba, which is the next major objective on our trip.  That is the highest volcano in North America.

So, we’ll stay in touch.

Acclimatizing on Iztaccihuatl. Climbers Josh in the foreground and David behind.

Acclimatizing on Iztaccihuatl. Climbers Josh in the foreground and David behind.

Just below the Iztaccihuati summit. The smoking Popocatepetl in the background.

Just below the Iztaccihuati summit. The smoking Popocatepetl in the background.

Climbers Josh and David at Iztaccihuati high camp after dinner

Climbers Josh and David at Iztaccihuati high camp after dinner

Climber Josh approaching the summit of Iztaccihuati

Climber Josh approaching the summit of Iztaccihuati


In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow our teams as they make their attempts on the world’s most formidable mountains on:

Amazon Alexa devices with the Madison Mountaineering Flash Briefing skill:

  • Enable the skill and add to your flash briefing to hear daily audio expedition updates on select expeditions.  Just say, “Alexa, play my Madison Mountaineering flash briefing.

Instagram:

– our Garmin inReach Mini powered real-time tracking map: