{"id":29890,"date":"2026-01-15T09:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=29890"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:57:01","slug":"mexico-climbers-ready-for-ixta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/15\/img-news\/mexico-climbers-ready-for-ixta\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Climbers Ready For Ixta!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 15, 2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29891\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[29890]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29891\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29891\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand-940x705.jpg 940w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand-620x465.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand-195x146.jpg 195w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexico-team-enjoys-breakfast-Tyler-Nachand.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mexico team enjoys breakfast (Tyler Nachand)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tyler reports that the team had another good day of acclimatization hiking to over 14,000 feet yesterday.\u00a0 Now they are ensconced at the high camp, ready to ascend Ixtaccihuatl (7<sup>th<\/sup> highest peak in North America) via the \u201cKnees route\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29890 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Acclimatization-day-hiking-on-Ixtaccihutl-Matthew-Cave.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29890]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Acclimatization-day-hiking-on-Ixtaccihutl-Matthew-Cave-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29893\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Acclimatization-day-hiking-on-Ixtaccihutl-Matthew-Cave-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Acclimatization-day-hiking-on-Ixtaccihutl-Matthew-Cave-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Acclimatization-day-hiking-on-Ixtaccihutl-Matthew-Cave-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Acclimatization-day-hiking-on-Ixtaccihutl-Matthew-Cave-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29893'>\n\t\t\t\tAcclimatization day hiking on Ixtaccihutl (Matthew Cave)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Iztaccihuatl-from-Amecameca-showing-the-knees-route-from-the-right-scaled.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29890]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Iztaccihuatl-from-Amecameca-showing-the-knees-route-from-the-right-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29892\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Iztaccihuatl-from-Amecameca-showing-the-knees-route-from-the-right-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Iztaccihuatl-from-Amecameca-showing-the-knees-route-from-the-right-130x130.jpg 130w, 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