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SUMMIT VIDEO

This part of Mexico (Puebla) is a region which physically reminds me a great deal of East Africa. Its very dry, generally the rainy season is in June to August, and the vegetation and rolling ground has that ancient primeval look to it especially with the volcanoes which dot the landscape. We arrived here on Decmber 26th 2004 and stayed in Mexico City which is at 5000 feet. This coming from sea level in Toronto did not go unnoticed by my body. I could feel the altitude and the next day when we met our guides and drove to the take off point for Iztaccihuatl I felt it even more...read more here

Me just outside town of Tlachichuca	Orizaba from Tlachichuca	Road up to Base Camp	Large pine trees on Orizaba slope	Summit peak before sunrise
Average slope of peak	Crater rim of Orizaba	Me & Chris on Orizaba	Popocatepetl from Iztaccihuatl	Road Head for Iztaccihuatl
Acupulco Bay	Corn Fields	Sunset	Fire Sunset	Not the Hut!
Hotel Mexico City