Club Alpino de Chihuahua
Iztaccihuatl Expedition 2020
Beginners
We want to invite you to summit the Iztaccihuatl.
Iztaccihuatl (a.k.a. Ixtaccihuatl, Izta, or Ixta) is
the third highest mountain in Mexico and the
seventh highest in North America.
An extinct volcano, Ixta is a unique mountain. When viewed from either
the west or the east you can distinctly see her; the sleeping lady. The
north end of the mountain is 'the head'. A big dip, 'the neck', and then
up to the summit of the sleeping lady, her 'breasts'. The rest of the
mountain follows in logical progression, the stomach (glaciated), the
knees, and the feet which is the sub peak at the south end of the
mountain.
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