Unpromising weather
Today I logged another speed solo ascent of Iztaccíhuatl via Ayoloco glacier.
I went with Luis Arturo but we had different plans; while I wanted to do 2 summit attacks in a single day, he simply wanted to reach the summit once for all. However, the weather wasn’t very good thus making our progress a bit confusing on some sections of the mountain.
I made good progress on my first attack but after reaching the summit, the weather started to get worse so I decided to call it a day and stick with a single lap instead of the 2 that I intended. Nevertheless, I was able to shave 1 1/2 minutes off from my previous November record, logging a great time of 3:54:30 from car to summit 
I descended via the glacier instead of the usual normal route so I could meet Luis Arturo who was climbing a couple of hours behind me. He also opted to bail when he reached the base of the glacier, the null visibility made him take the wrong entrance to the upper ice funnels, a precarious place to be with that kind of weather. From that point we went down together since the weather continued to be unpromising for the rest of the day…
Rest of the pictures are here.
