The day I climbed up a mountain Since I left Mexico last year, I had the strong desire of climbing up the Iztaccíhuatl mountain. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity of doing that in the first time I've been there. This year I had the opportunity of getting back to Mexico, so I went for the mountain. I hired a mountain tour and I climbed up the mountain with two guides and seven other people - all of them Mexicans. I was the only non-Mexican in the group, so it was a great Spanish practicing for me! Iztaccíhuatl is the third highest spot in Mexico, so it was a quite climb! We woke up at midnight to start it and it took roughly seven hours. It is not that much steep in the most of the path, but it's cold up there and it's harder to breath as it gets higher. We climbed up untill the viewing point, which is the best spot to behold the landscape and especially the volcano Popocatépetl, which is located right in front of Iztaccíhuatl. The view up there is stunning and totally rewarding. After climbing down, I was wiped out, but very happy for taking part in such adventure.