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| Rick Kent | Route Climbed: Trail and East Rim Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2006  | |
| Took a taxi up to the crater with cp0915 and Day Hiker. We started up the trail but then veered off to follow more of the rim on the way to the high point. There's some nice class 3 (or greater) climbing to be had along the way. Snow was present on some of the slopes but the rim was clear. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2006 1:33 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: a more direct version of la ruta normal Date Climbed: January 6, 2006 | |
| After a failed attempt due to weather in April 2004, I finally got to knock this one off. Followed as much of the crest of the rim above the normal route as I could, finding some surprisingly enjoyable and spicy mixed climbing along the way. Enjoyed the summit with Day Hiker, rwkent and big_g. Good stuff. | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2006 11:46 am | ||
| Day Hiker | Route Climbed: Trail and East Rim Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2006 | |
| Started on the trail then hiked up to the east rim and followed it to the summit. The snow on the north side of the volcano, outside the crater, looked intimidating on the drive up to the trailhead, since the ice axe, boots, and crampons were back at the hotel, but it turned out that the route, which is inside the crater, was passable in running shoes. This was my highest summit to date. | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2006 1:12 am | ||
| big_g | Route Climbed: Ruta Normal Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2006 | |
| Phlegmed my way up to the top behind some much more vigorous SPers. Nice scrambling opportunities if you're not too sick to enjoy. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2006 2:35 pm | ||
| timfoltz | Date Climbed: Sometime in 1997 | |
| Climbed to the top with my dad at the age of 8. Fun easy climb. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2006 2:22 pm | ||
| pacojgarza | Route Climbed: Northern slopes Date Climbed: December-24-2005 | |
| Reached the summit of Pico Pieschel solo, via the outside northern slopes after a long hike from Parque de los Venados to near Cerro Prieto . There had been a rare early winter snow storm two days earlier and the road to the huts was closed that weekend. The unconsolidated snow was knee deep at some points on the upper slopes and made for a very tiring climb. Had great views toward the other peaks. This was the first of four volcanoes on my trip to Mexico. Check my trip report "A good dose of thin mexican air" on El Pico de Orizaba page for details. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2006 3:41 am | ||
| Mike Garside | Route Climbed: Pico de Fraile Date Climbed: 15 November 2005 | |
| This was our first acclimatisation hill for Orizaba on the 22nd. Nice easy stuff with perfect viz on a cloudless day. Great scree run back down to "Lake of the Moon"! Thanks Hector and Rubin. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2005 4:34 pm | ||
| forjan | Route Climbed: Crater Rim Traverse Date Climbed: November 20, 2005 | |
| Climbed with awagher. Rolling clouds....a bit cooler than last time I was here in Feb 2003. Heading to Ixta next. | |
| Posted Nov 20, 2005 8:05 pm | ||
| awagher | Route Climbed: Partial Rim Traverse Date Climbed: Nov. 20th, 2005 | |
| My personal altitude record to date. Great weather. Climbed with Miguel Forjan. Will link photos soon. | |
| Posted Nov 20, 2005 8:01 pm | ||
| melindahalasz | Route Climbed: Pico de Fraile Date Climbed: July 28, 2005 | |
| It's an unforgettable and majestic place to me!!! Nice mountain with nice view of the Laguna de la Luna. Perfect goal for acclimatization. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2005 3:33 pm | ||
| soslaw | Route Climbed: Pico de Fraile Date Climbed: January 7, 2002 | |
| A good introduction to class 4 climbing. Most of the rte is class 3 but there are some decent class 4 sections with good holds but considerable exposure. Summitted on a clear day with the lakes below. Most amazing thing was to see a group of Mexican distance runners training on the road up to the base of the rte. These guys were going at a respectable 10 K pace above 10K feet. The second most amazing was the number of locals who drive up to 13k to picnic at the lakes. | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2005 4:06 pm | ||
| GlennMerrill | Route Climbed: Pico de Fraile Traverse Date Climbed: March 2004 | |
| Done as an acclimatization hike. Choose to do it instead of La Malinche was glad I did. The 4th class is fun and the rock and lakes look good in photos. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2005 7:49 pm | ||
| Ramos | Route Climbed: Pico del Fraile from outside the crater Date Climbed: July 27 2004 | |
| The climb took us 1:17 min it was a clear day | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2004 10:55 am | ||
| mxclimber | Route Climbed: pico del aguila from outside the crater Date Climbed: september 27 2003 | |
| reached the summit, very cloudy a hailstrom caught us on the descent | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2004 11:39 am | ||
| dharmadog | Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: november 2000 | |
| summited with son montana on a beautiful day....stayed in hut the night before 13,750..then off to Iztaccihuatl and orizaba | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2004 12:12 am | ||
| Rachel | Route Climbed: Pico de Aguila from outside the crater Date Climbed: April 4 2002 | |
| I had a great time climbing this with my friends and boyfriend. We drove through Mexico City that morning and returned to our home in Texcoco that night. Seeing the crater lakes was beautiful, and being with young friends who had never seen snow before was exciting for them. A great mountain. | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2003 12:54 pm | ||
| Robt | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: Nov. 25, 2002 | |
| Second time in two days. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2003 3:19 pm | ||
| Robt | Route Climbed: Complete Rim Traverse, from South Date Climbed: Nov. 24, 2002 | |
| See John's TR: Mexico Day Hikes. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2003 3:18 pm | ||
| tlogan | Route Climbed: Pico de Aguila from outside the crater Date Climbed: Feb. 23 2002 | |
| I took 1.5 hours to myself to bag this summmit while my good friend Gustavo distarcted the principals... giving me enough time to reach the top. I was fortunate that my students were embroiled in a 2 hour snowball war otherwise all the blocking in the world would have availed me little. A great workout for the lungs, and as it was my first time above 3000m in 8 years. I was more than impressed by how my lungs did.... great views from the top... even on a cloudy day. | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2003 5:16 pm | ||
| Eric DeGiuli | Route Climbed: Camped inside crater, went up near the hut along the obvious path. Date Climbed: August 10, 2003 | |
| Had a wonderful time climbing this mountain! I have photos (including panoramas) on a webpage here: http://individual.utoronto.ca/edegiuli/Mexico/Thumbnails.html Enjoy! | ||
| Posted Oct 25, 2003 5:57 pm | ||
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