{"id":226,"date":"2016-12-21T16:52:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T16:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=226"},"modified":"2016-12-21T16:54:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T16:54:47","slug":"citlatepetel-redux-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2016\/12\/21\/citlatepetel-redux-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Citlatepetel Redux for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-227\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/30m118-01-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"30m118-01\" width=\"521\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/30m118-01-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/30m118-01.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have unfinished business down there in Mexico in the form of a summit of it&#8217;s highest point, Citlatepetel, also known as Orizaba. \u00a0Rising to 18,500 feet above the Mexican plain, this dormant giant claims the title of \u00a0North America&#8217;s third highest peak. \u00a0It was Laurel&#8217;s idea. \u00a0She has long desired to feel the pain of a high altitude suffer fest. \u00a0You will remember what happened on my last solo attempt described here. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/mexican_volcanoes.html\">http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/mexican_volcanoes.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We will follow the same acclimitization path through La Malinche. \u00a0Puebla will be our disembarkation point after flying into Mexico City. \u00a0We have plenty of time to explore central Mexico. \u00a0We will be again enjoying the hospitality of Marible and Joaquin Concholas in their home in Tlachichuca before making the journey up to 14 k via Joaquin&#8217;s Jeep and the notorious drive I captured on gopro here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q-DKNfc4PZ0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q-DKNfc4PZ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So you may follow us here and on twitter for updates. \u00a0We will be landing on Christmas evening. \u00a0I wish everyone a glorious and Merry Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>John<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I have unfinished business down there in Mexico in the form of a summit of it&#8217;s highest point, Citlatepetel, also known as Orizaba. \u00a0Rising to 18,500 feet above the Mexican plain, this dormant giant claims the title of \u00a0North &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2016\/12\/21\/citlatepetel-redux-for-christmas\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}