What a trip this is already turning out to be! Yesterday I boarded a plane with my friend Kevin and we set out on this expedition to climb Pico de Orizaba. In true Chad Butrick fashion I failed to even look at my plane ticket before leaving and although we left at the same time I faced a 25 minute run through the Houston airport to my connection to Mexico City while I left Kevin sipping coffee in the same terminal we arrived at. I did get he first so whatever that counts for... I guess it counts that I got to the cerveza's first.
Mexico City
Last year as our Soldiers to the Summit expedition was trekking through Nepal I had the pleasure of meeting someone who I now consider a friend, Kevin Noe. Kevin and I have hooked up to do a couple of mountains here in Colorado this year and it has been a pleasure getting to know him. While on Kelso ridge Kevin asked me if I would like to join him on an expedition to Mexico to climb Pico de Orizaba.
Pico de Orizaba