Me ka mākaukau o ko mākou mau pono mauna, nā kaula, nā ʻāpala, nā koʻi hau, nā ʻāpana hau, a ʻopeʻope ʻia a wili pū ʻia hoʻi, ua hele mākou i Iztaccíhuatl e hauʻoli ai i ka hopena pule pīhoihoi ma nā mauna.
ʻAʻole hiki ke piʻi ʻia ʻo Popocatépetl ma muli o kāna hana lua pele mau, no laila ʻo mākou e makemake e hoʻomaʻamaʻa mauna, hana mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi ma Iztaccíhuatl, kahi o ke kolu o ka piko kiʻekiʻe ma Mexico e waiho nei, aia ma "el umauma" ma 5,230 m kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO nā piko nui o Iztaccíhuatl nā wāwae, nā kuli, ka ʻōpū, ka umauma a me ke poʻo, i hiki ke kiʻi ʻia e nā ala like ʻole, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kekahi. Aia ma waena o nā mea ʻoʻoi loa ka Via del Centinela, kekahi o nā ala piʻi pōhaku lōʻihi loa ma Mekiko. ʻO nā ala ʻē aʻe o ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka paʻakikī nā ala unscalable, aia i ka lauoho o ka Iztaccíhuatl a kahi e hana ai nā kuahiwi ʻo Mekiko i kā mākou hana hau. ʻO kekahi o lākou i kapa ʻia ʻo Oñate Ramp, nāna ʻoe e lawe pololei i ka pahu a i loko o ka glacier Ayoloco, aia i loko o ka ʻōpū Iztaccíhuatl.
ʻO ka maʻamau
Inā ʻoe e hoʻomaka wale ana i nā mauna kiʻekiʻe, hōʻike mākou iā ʻoe e piʻi i kēia, e hoʻomaka ana ma La Joya a hele i waena o kona mau piko, nā wāwae, nā kuli, nā ʻā, ka ʻōpū a me ka umauma. He hele lōʻihi loa ia, ma kahi o ʻumi mau hola.
Paipai ʻia e hoʻomaka i ke kakahiaka nui e leʻaleʻa i ka puka ʻana o ka lā e pena i nā fumaroles o Popocatepetl me ke ahi. Pono pono e hele pū me kahi alakaʻi, lawe i nā crampon, ke koʻi hau a me ke kaula e hiki ai ke hele i nā aniani o ka ʻōpū a me ka umauma.
Poʻo
Maanei ʻokoʻa ke komo ʻana, pono ʻoe e hōʻea i ke kaona ʻo San Rafael, a mai laila aku e hoʻomau ma ke ala lepo a hiki i Llano Grande, kahi e hoʻomaka ai ka hele wāwae ma waena o nā zacatales a hiki i kahi ala nui o ke one a me nā pōhaku i ʻike ʻia ʻo "El Tumbaburros ", kahi e like me ʻoe i lawe i hoʻokahi ʻanuʻu a hoʻi i ʻelua a hiki i ka puʻu e hoʻokaʻawale ana i ka nui mai ka poʻo a me ka umauma. He pali ke ala e piʻi ai i kahi alaloa lōʻihi o ka hau a hiki i ka piko ma 5,146 mika.
ʻO ka glacier ʻo Ayoloco
Ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke alo i kēia ʻo kekahi o nā ala paʻakikī. ʻO ka wahi hoʻomaka o kēia ala ʻo La Joya, ma ka Paso de Cortés, a lawe pololei kēia glacier iā ʻoe i ka piko o ka ʻōpū. I ka makahiki 1850 ua hoʻāʻo mua ʻia e piʻi i kēia ala, akā ua kūleʻa lākou ma muli o ka nele o nā pono hana e lanakila ai i nā paia hau. I Nowemapa 1889, ua hoʻokele ʻo H. Remsen Whitehouse lāua ʻo Baron Von Zedwitz e piʻi i ka glacier me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi koʻi lūlū kahi a lāua i ʻeli ai i nā ʻanuʻu a he aha ka mea e pūʻiwa ai ke loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻōmole me kahi leka i waiho ʻia e ka Swiss James. ʻO de Salis, ka mea i hōʻea i ka piko i ʻelima mau lā ma mua o lākou. He paʻakikī ka piʻi ʻana o ka hau o nā kuahiwi ʻo Mekiko, maʻalahi wale ia a ma ka manawa like paʻakikī loa, pono ʻoe e kuʻi hou a kūpono i nā koʻi hau a me nā crampons.
Ka ʻaina ʻo Oñate
ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o kēia ala ma mua o nā mea ma mua, no laila he ʻelua mau lā. Haʻalele ia mai La Joya, a ua pono e hoʻomoana ma ke kumu o ka glacier Ayoloco e kū i ke alo o ka nui ʻo Oñate i ka lā aʻe, e holo pono ana ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana ʻākau ma ka piko o ka pahu. Ua kapa ʻia kēia ala no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana iā Juan José Oñate, ka mea i hui pū me kona mau hoa piʻi ʻo Bertha Monroy, Enriqueta Magaña, Vicente Pereda a me Zenón Martínez i make i kahi ulia pōpilikia ma kēlā ala i 1974.
Inā maikaʻi loa ka hau, hiki iā ʻoe ke piʻi i ka wikiwiki i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hau hau 60 a me 70 kekelē, e leʻaleʻa nei i kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ke poʻo. Ma hope o kekahi mau hola koʻikoʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻea i ka piko kiʻekiʻe ʻo Iztaccíhuatl, ka umauma. Ke kono aku nei mākou iā ʻoe e kipa i ko mākou mauna a me National Parks me ka mahalo. Inā makemake mākou i mau lua pele i uhi ʻia i ka hau i kēlā me kēia makahiki, pono mākou e reforest iā lākou i mea e ʻoi ai ka hou, ʻoi aku ka wai, ʻoi aku ka hau a me ka nani. Mai huhū aku kākou i nā akua e noho ana ma kona mau piko hau.
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