La Malinche - or as we liked to call it ... The Malinche

So there we were. Me, Omar, Paul, Ray (and the boy with the guitar?). Let me set the scene for you: Four men get on a bus from Cuernavaca at noon on Friday with one destination in mind - The peak of La Malinche. La Malinche is the second tallest Volcano in Mexico, and was going to be our challenge for the weekend. Three bus transfers, 8 hours of traveling later, and one purchased Watermelon and Pineapple later ... we got to the base of the monster.

From there it was just a quick overnight at basecamp, followed by a tasty meal of Tacos Suprise (the suprise was the meat type!), and a two day treck straight up the cliff of the beast. See, they don't believe in things like "switchbacks" or "rest sites" or "trails" in Mexico. Just a straight climb up loose screw, dirt, trash, and whatever else. Half the time you had to look out for children rolling past you like boulders on a slope.

Nevertheless, we trecked on and made it to the top. But that's enough of my babbling, why don't you just take a gander yourself.

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The base of La Malinche





Ok, this was the starting point. Follow my finger to the peak in the distance (between the trees). That's the goal!





Day #1 - the "trails" as we make our ascent.





The Campsite for the night (about 1/2 of the way up). Notice the slant.





Day #2 - climbing up the broad empty face





This seems close, but still about 2 hours to go.





So close! ... and so close to crashing down in a rockslide!





And finally, we made it to the top, cracked open the pineapple, and cried as we thought about descending again.



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