Locals moving sheep down the same road used to approach Orizaba
Jim, Ray, and Bob taking a break from the dusty ride to Piedra Grande in the village of Hidalgo
Orizaba from the village of Hidalgo
Nearing the Piedra Grande huts with Orizaba in the background
Clouds from the Gulf of Mexico banking up on the mountains below us
Sunset shadow of Orizaba on the clouds over the Gulf of Mexico
Rick looking for oxygen while acclimatizing
Where the glacier begins
Other teams making the ascent on our rest day
Watching others ascend on our rest day
Jim and Ray roped up and ready to go
Rick's ready
Jim ready to lead off
Our other rope team (Chuck Bickes, Bob Leveille, Alan Pulsipher, and
Don Turley) and the team from North Shore Adventures (Mitch Newman,
Tom Greider, and Jeff Michaels) starting up the glacier
Looking towards the Gulf of Mexico (east)
Iztaccíhuatl (Ixta) and La Malinche to the west
Moving above the Sarcófago
Chuck Bickes, Bob Leveille, Alan Pulsipher, and Don Turley moving up
Piedra Grande far below us
Jim at the crater rim--only 500 vertical fee to go
Jim and Rick enjoying the climax of their 50th birthday challenge
Father and son
Alan and Don almost to the top
Popocatépetl (Popo) and Iztaccíhuatl (Ixta) to the west
Jim's summit
The great feeling to be on top
All of us on top
Orizaba sunrise the day after summit from Tlachichuca
Back to civilization at the Hotel Colonial in Puebla Mexico
Sunset from Puebla with Popo and Ixta in the background
Puebla sunset with Popo "smoking"