The Team is enjoying a well deserved rest today in the beautiful city of Puebla after our success on Iztaccihuatl yesterday. We are all greatly looking forward to our next objective El Pico De Orizaba tomorrow. It seems a couple of my cyber casts did not successfully go through so I will give you a brief recap of our progress so far.
We awoke yesterday at our secluded high camp Cruz De Roses in the early hours to a beautiful night with spectacular views of the lights of Amecameca, Tlalmanalco and Mexico City. Myself and 6 of our team members all made the summit in good style just as the sun was rising. Each team member at some point had to dig deep and their success is testament to the tenacity and perseverance they all exhibited. We were rewarded with spectacular views. Two of our team members unfortunately were not able to join us on top, however both tried their best and got high on the mountain. With deteriorating weather I opted to descend the Ayoloco glacier instead of the normal route we ascended allowing our team to see a little more of the mountain and be somewhat sheltered from the wind. After that we descended down to the La Joya trail head where we were meet by Arnoldo, our driver and tour guide who had kindly prepared a lunch for us and had our welcome change of clean clothes. The team spent today on a tour with Arnoldo, sightseeing in the historic old town of Puebla, Cholula and relaxing in our beautiful boutique hotel the El Sueno. They say a picture is worth a thousand word so I have included some here to give you a glimpse of our trip so far. Everyone says “hello” and sends their love and we are all looking forward to future successes on Orizaba in the coming few days.
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