Back in December, the 26th to be precise, I set off with some friends to climb the Nevado de Toluca. I'd been before, but the mountain had been so thickly clad in fog that my photos were a little bit...well, foggy. I was armed with my Olympus Digital Pen this time though, and the season … Continue reading One Long Way
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Nevado HDR
You're lucky and unlucky if you find yourself at or near the peak of a mountain with not a cloud in sight. Mountains generate their own climate and clouds seem drawn to them like candy floss to a stick. You don't want to be totally enveloped by mist and be unable to see more than … Continue reading Nevado HDR
Nevado de Toluca
Seeing as the Boxing Day holiday doesn't exist in Mexico, I had to find something else to do. Climbing a mountain seemed as good an idea as any. I've climbed the Nevado de Toluca before, but the conditions were much kinder this time. We could actually see more than six feet in front of us. … Continue reading Nevado de Toluca
King Of The World
Here's a very short video showing the scenery from atop Ajusco. It was windy, as you can hear. But fun getting there. I also caught on camera some wanton vandalism and graffiti! Meh! Everyone scratches their names into the crosses at the top!
Ajusco
From my Climbing Ajusco set on Flickr.
Ajusco Video
Here's a short video, with stills and movie clips, from my bike/climb up Ajusco. There's a couple of snippets of us on the Chapultepec to Cuernavaca Ciclopista - a 69km cycle lane. That one is next! Maybe.