Malinche

We climbed the Malinche Mountain yesterday for Family day,the wives and the kids stayed back at a nice picnic and recreational area at the bottom of the mountain while the men and the boys climbed. We had a guide to show us the best path.It was a 3 and 1/2 hour climb(which was fast compared to the usual 4 and 1/2 hours people normally take to climb it) and around 2 hours going back down. We started with 7 of us but only three of us made it to the top. It’s the 5th highest mountain in Mexico,at 4461 Meters there was ice and strong winds and we also got quite sunburned.Troy almost made it to the top with only like 45 minutes left to the top,not bad for a 8 year old kid,Anthony (10) got tired right almost away so he went back with Julie,while Jono and Troy persisted quite well and saw a coyote and a mountain goat.There were some scary precipices to go through especially with the strong cold wind which knocked you off balance,but we made it.On the way down there were sandy area where the mountain springs usually flowed but were dry so we used them as paths on the way down and Jonathan and I ran down those paths,the sand cushioned our steps and allowed us to go down quite fast almost like sledding/snowboarding or something to that effect.