| Mexico
has some of the most mountainous terrain in the world.
In the early 1500s when Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortez was
asked to describe Mexico, he is said to have crumpled up a piece
of paper and set it on the table.
Today's Google Earth offers
the modern equivalent to the crumpled piece of paper. For those
whose interests are piqued by Mexico's volcanic peaks and seismic
underbelly, there are numerous options to explore mountaineering
in this country.
Most of the country's volcanoes are situated within the 950-kilometer
Trans-Mexican Volcanic belt (Eje Neovolcanico) that runs east to
west across the country and includes Mexico's four highest peaks
-- Pico de Orizaba, Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl and the Nevado de
Toluca volcano.
FEATURES
Adventures
in Mexico: Sierra de Picachos - Maria Araujo
Desert
Places: Cuatro Cienegas Reserve and White Sands National Monument
- Russell Brown
Monarchs,
Mountains and Michoacán - Gerardo Osornio
Supporting
Grassroots Ecotourism Efforts in Central Mexico - Sandra Skrei
Ecotourism
and Spirituality in Mexico - Ron Mader
Exploring
El Triunfo - Philip D. Tanimoto
A Practical
Guide to El Cielo Biosphere Reserve - Scott Walker
Volcan
Paricutin and Pico Tancitaro National Park - Bruce Whipperman
Mountain
Biking Oaxaca's Northern Sierra - Carlos E. Cornejo
Huichol
Indians of Mexico: The Real Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Charmayne
McGee
Ethnic
Tourism Among the Tarahumara - Amy Elizabeth Anderson
ROCK CLIMBING
First
Night on a Wall - Luke Stollings
Potrero
Chico: A Spaceboyz Primer - Luke Stollings
Vivan
Los Escaldores! Rock Climbing in Mexico - Paul Dawes
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Lessons
from Mexico
Re-Imagining
North American Ecotourism
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Bike
Ride to Monte Albán
VIDEO
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