Popo at 17, 886 ft. asl, has been erupting, more or less, non-stop since
Dec. of 1994, when Paul Fambro and I made our first attempt to climb it. Of
course, the volcano activity has really been non-stop for centuries, but the
last month-6 weeks it has been in the news many times. This makes the
near-by volcano of Izta, at 17, 159 ft. asl also too hot to handle as the
normal route to either uses the Paso de Cortez for access. If interested in
climbing, Secor's Climbing Guide to the Mexico's Volcanoes is the key
reference. Pico de Orizaba several hours to the east is open, at 18, 490 ft.
and when we were blocked from Popo, that is what we climbed. Then, the
following year we came back and did Itza, as Popo was still closed. The
climbing season for all three is from Dec. to March. More info is available,
but those are all high adventures, although overall, considered easy
altitude, if you take your time acclimating, and perhaps do La Malinche, at
14, 600 ft. as a warm up.
I plan a month long Colorado trip in Aug.-Sept. doing 14ers in the Rockies
if anyone is interested. We will spend considerable time in the Longs Peak
area then move west doing 14ers off I-70, then the Lake City area, and end
with La Blanca near the Great Sand Dunes.
Preston from the interior dissected plateaus of the low lands of KY....see
you at the PA convention
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mixon Bill" <bmixon...@austin.rr.com>
To: "Cavers Texas" <texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:14 AM
Subject: [Texascavers] Popocatepetl
From Huffington Post an hour ago:
MEXICO CITY -- An airport serving Mexico's fourth-largest city suspended
operations for seven hours because of volcanic ash from the Popocatepetl
volcano.
The international airport in Puebla was temporarily closed as a
precautionary measure, said Puebla airport spokesman Herbert Lopez
Palma.
Palma said the airport re-opened after the ash stopped falling and the
airstrips were cleaned up.
The temporary closure affected six domestic and international flights to
Houston and Dallas, Texas.
The airport is east of Mexico City and about 20 miles (30 kilometers)
from the 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano.
At the Mexico City airport, Alaska Airlines on Friday canceled its daily
flight to and from Los Angeles.
Authorities said this week that a lava dome is growing inside the crater
and could cause further eruptions.
--Mixon
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