Mexico's Volcanoes : A Climbing Guide

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-10-01
Publisher(s): Mountaineers Books
List Price: $19.39

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Summary

This popular guide to climbing Mexico's volcanoes continues as the most complete book available in English. Updated for routes altered or closed due to volcanic activity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7(9)
Preface 9(6)
Introduction 15(6)
Background
21(14)
History
21(12)
Geology
33(2)
Prepartions
35(26)
Equipment
35(3)
Maps
38(3)
Transportation
41(3)
Food and Water
44(3)
Health
47(3)
Guides and Mountaineering Clubs
50(1)
Security
51(3)
Climate, Weather, and Snow Conditions
54(2)
Human Impact
56(1)
Minor Details
57(1)
Getting Out of Mexico City
58(3)
Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl
61(28)
Climbing Routes on Izaccihuatl
67(12)
Climbing Routes on Popocatepetl
79(10)
El Pico De Orizaba
89(28)
Climbing Routes on El Pico de Orizaba
97(20)
La Malinche and Nevado De Toluca
117(8)
La Malinche
117(4)
Nevado de Toluca
121(4)
Appendix A: Further Reading 125(2)
Appendix B: Speaking Spanish 127

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