Pico de Orizaba Climber's Log

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mmcguigan

mmcguigan - Apr 27, 2008 12:17 am Date Climbed: Dec 14, 2007

Awsome Climb  Sucess!

Best climb so far. Classic peak with a terrific reward at the top. We skipped the Labyrinth and went straight up to the foot of the glacier. Challenging but worth the effort.

PocketsOfBlue

PocketsOfBlue - Mar 27, 2008 4:08 pm Date Climbed: Jan 31, 2007

Great experience though a bummer

Attempted the peak with five friends in January 2007. A combination of poor acclimatization, routefinding difficulties and leadership problems caused us to top out at around 16k feet on a ridge well away from the glacier, where we were forced to turn around. Trip report here: http://www.aleclalonde.com/articles/2007/2

astrobassman

astrobassman - Mar 21, 2008 4:21 pm

Cold day.  Sucess!

Only group to make it up that day...everyone else turned around due to high winds and cold. Very satisfying.

snowflake

snowflake - Mar 21, 2008 3:52 pm

Jamapa  Sucess!

Tagged along with a couple of guys from Mexico City when my partner turned back. Great views. Learned to stop bringing PowerBars up to altitude because mine was frozen solid.

rleclair

rleclair - Mar 5, 2008 4:38 pm Date Climbed: Jan 27, 2008

First 5600 Meter!

Great climb up the Jamapa Glacier and first time in the higher elevations other than Colorado's 14ers! Loved it and the experience!

Blackmouth

Blackmouth - Feb 24, 2008 3:45 pm Date Climbed: Feb 20, 2008

All Alone On Orizaba  Sucess!

I was the only person to go up on this day. Perfect alpine conditions with a full moon lighting up the snow. Roundtrip time from the hut was 10 hours including a 30 min stop on the summit. A perfect end to a great trip!

dswink

dswink - Feb 23, 2008 12:18 pm Date Climbed: Feb 16, 2008

Very satisfying

A fine solo climb up the Jamapa Glacier in perfect weather with great climbing conditions.

Desert Solitaire

Desert Solitaire - Feb 13, 2008 11:22 am Date Climbed: Feb 9, 2008

Citaltepetl Reveries  Sucess!

1 day acclimating at the refugio, then a 4am start for a 8am summit. The labyrinth was a bit icy, the toes were a bit cold (single leather backpacking boots!), and the summit was was a bit pretty... well, very pretty actually! Good solo climb up the Jamapa... would love to climb some of the more technical routes on this beautiful mountain some day.

Alan Arnette

Alan Arnette - Jan 30, 2008 2:05 pm Date Climbed: Jan 26, 2008

Good Climb  Sucess!

Nice climb up the Jampa

Sheets

Sheets - Jan 27, 2008 9:48 pm

Nice peak

Attempted the normal route. The Labrynth was icy but the mountain is really pretty chill with nice views.

Fabrice.Rimlinger

Fabrice.Rimlinger - Jan 15, 2008 6:33 am Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2008

Jamapa Classic  Sucess!

Camped @ 4600m before Labyrinth.
Lot of snow and perfect weather condition.
5h to summit... strait to the top.

BostonPete

BostonPete - Jan 11, 2008 11:33 am Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2007

Jamapa  Sucess!

Great climb with new buddy from summitpost (wrigleyd). Interesting country to visit.

devnull4 - Jan 10, 2008 2:07 pm Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2006

Jamapa Glacier  Sucess!

First time over 18k'

lingana

lingana - Jan 6, 2008 12:52 pm Date Climbed: Dec 24, 2007

Alone on the mountain  Sucess!

It was the first time that I climbed by myself, unfortunately, because my partner could not acclamatize to the altitude..
It was fun, scary, exciting, dangerous...alone...
It was fun, being with the mountain, all by myself...in a way it tested my really hard...

wrigleyd

wrigleyd - Jan 5, 2008 1:08 am Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2007

Jamapa Glacier  Sucess!

Excellent conditions and a great time. Went too far left on the final glacier and ended up having to traverse the rim. Hey, it was dark. :)

Kenneth.alone - Jan 3, 2008 9:20 pm Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2007

Good fun!  Sucess!

This was my second time up, and it was good weather and a beautiful morning climb. I always enjoy seeing the Gulf of Mexico from the summit.

MountainHikerCO

MountainHikerCO - Dec 28, 2007 7:52 pm Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2006

The glacier has receded!  Sucess!

This was my second time on Orizaba. The glacier has receded and as a result is steeper near the top. On the advice of Reyes we travelled a route that was to the right of the path I took last time I was there. This had us gaining the crater rim closer to the summit instead of at the low point. We got to the crater rim before dawn so we waited for the sunrise to summit. We saw a really interesting mountain shadow when we started back down.

MountainHikerCO

MountainHikerCO - Dec 28, 2007 7:44 pm Date Climbed: Feb 12, 1993

My first foreign climb  Sucess!

This was my first climb outside of the US. I was one of a group of seven friends who went unguided. 4 of us summitted. The glacier was in good shape, not too hard or too soft. There was a bergschrund to step over near the top.

bighornmonkey

bighornmonkey - Dec 25, 2007 9:20 am Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2006

Done...  Sucess!

Got to the top after being taken to Piedra Grande the night before. We were well acclimated after having climbed Izta 2 days before.

camartinez

camartinez - Dec 18, 2007 9:50 pm Date Climbed: Dec 15, 2007

Finally

Finally I had chance to do it, it is by now the best climbing I´ve ever done, very challenge I had never been hiking or climbing on snow so it was a great experience...
The information on this page was very useful.

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