Turn it up world
Good morning so we're up bright and early
I mean up before the Sun early and we're heading to a cool adventure today we're
going to be heading to a mountain called Nevado de Toluca which is the fourth
highest peak in Mexico. An extinct volcano extinct volcano..a volcanic hike. So it
should be really beautiful there's a lot of cool scenery we have an
excellent guide who's got wonderful ratings...but first coffee
we need tons and tons of coffee..I need tons of coffee..sounds like coffee it is so what can you tell us
about this volcano that were is really beautiful the trekking in the distance of
the trekking is 14 kilometers round trip
the of course is seven kilometres the first seven kilometres some parts are
really steep really oh wow so we're gonna get some good exercise today did you bring
the ropes do we have the ropes no we don't need ropes. You set the ropes already. Good good. ( laughing)
Now we are going to have a stop in the gas station this you
can buy as you wish coffee or tea or crepes. There's a toilet also
I did bring toilet paper.
So we made a quick pit stop along the way here having some coffee
of course to die for and so for breakfast we're getting crepes right here
the one I'm getting is with Nutella and strawberries
and so is Dave. Dave's getting a nutella and strawberries but look how cool that is you can't
go wrong with some crepes for breakfast and lattes
Hi! Look at you!
excited to see us that's why you're shaking
I think he smells your food.
So a little lesson for us when we're hiking starting at higher altitudes is
you got a first one ask permission to be here
second make sure you have toilet paper and third you want to breathe as
our guide was saying you want to breathe long breaths to allow that oxygen to
really flow through your body and your knees should be slightly bent and long
walks just really opening your breath and enjoying it and I just we just
started and I'm already gasping right but we're here and this is exciting and
we're gonna make it right David oh yeah we're gonna make it right
yeah we're gonna make it have a new tour guide hi yeah this is my partner
he's my partner look at that my new
Look at him go.
ah she was saying, as it kinda gets steep and sandy Yes sometimes its better turn to to the side and cross over
some side steps
79 130 we have are little mascot.There he is. He knows he wants a snack he's
he's gotta have something he likes in the
bag I think so got a lot of things all right just know humping me
really great 80. That's awesome.High five. Congratulations. Nice job. Yeah yeah
84 say thank you yes just allowing us to be here thank you I never experienced
I never experienced
trekking like this no no there's been low altitude trekking so it's just like
you know kind of work hard up the mountain I'm gonna like work my butt off
get the heart rate pump in Go Go sweat like a ton and then down till my knees
So we're at a point where's there's a little a little bit of flat terrain little I saw I went back there
to it's a big pooper duper so kind of right a flat terrain and it's an
interesting as you start climbing higher and you're taking this point in the hike
where you're at flat terrain your body starts to adjust a little bit better to
the altitude which is incredible and if you can see right up there I'm not sure
if you can you might you might not sorry if you can't there look how gorgeous
those mountains are it's just incredibly beautiful here to enjoy the scenes and
kind of all that has to embrace and you really feel connected when you're out
here and it's just important to make sure you stay hydrated and with
electrolytes we're drinking lots of fluid like every portion of the way but
of course every portion of the way you have to use el baño but you'll so you do
get your brakes and stops along the way but it's just this journey is
unbelievably fun and incredible
and it's all volcanic sands here right here so of course the shoes used to be
blue and now they're completely black so just gotta enjoy whatever Mother Nature
gives you just don't step in the huge amounts of I'm not even sure what kind
of poop it is but there's tons of like awkward poop along this trail so I'm
gonna focus on so I don't step in the poop
mother nature has her wind and lakes
Bravo! Gracias.
So this part will get us.... Tanya this part is going to get us up to 4000
meters well they actually do this next leg and why is that important very
important because now we more altitude. So we have a good acclimatize and then...again..and it's steep also
Focus on breathing and meditation, relaxation, small steps
and focus.
(Tanya) : and focus. You hear that Tito. You hear that
You Focus!
That's a good boy!
okay so we made it to 4000 meters it's you really feel the thin air up here
we're taking a break we're getting some much-needed rest to try to acclimate t0
4000 meters
embrace and walk like the elephant here's a cooler
Long strides, and it's true though. She's absolutely right because it allows you
to just, it opens up your your mind and your focus and relaxes your
breath which is exactly what I need right about now
Wow so we're in the last last leg here trying to get up to where you can kind
of get into the crater and see the lakes and I tell you thoughh you'd really feel the
altitude and so we're taking our time and beautiful views and you definitely
feel the thin air.
It's up there on the ridge which is a pretty good distance seems like to me.
Hey...Holá
It is not easy. Not easy. There's Tanya. She's doing a great job. So proud of her.
Just an amazing woman and this has been a wonderful day
The doctor's doctor here. The doctor has the ultimate say on this one.
because when she stopped. It's fine.
Then she recovers so fast.
but when she's walking it's lower.
Dave: How ya feeling hon?
I am feeling the altitude. That's for sure.
Dave: and I am incredibly proud of you.
This has been one icredible hike for a bunch of sea level fairing folks coming up
here to 14,000 feet you do feel every step is extreme I mean it's incredible
and I feel like the altitude just makes me feel tired oh yeah and then you know
I feel the both of you like power troopers are giving me that push which I
should say I should do it but then as soon as I start walking another 20 feet I'm like..maybe not.
I was actually falling asleep so this is no joke no it's no joke no joke that's a
great introduction unfortunately I could make it I'm sorry to my husband Dave
Dave: Oh stop!
He could have totally made it.
It's all right. Okay. Don't worry! It was a great start. It was our first time at this
attitude so.
Hey. We did what we can do. It was great.
we had one hell of a day this lake was incredible we did incredible so we were
we kind of really stepped outside of our comfort zone inbox here if we didn't
even expect to you know be at a place where it's literally you know your
altitude levels are crazy yes we went up to 4200 meters right exactly and you know
for us coming from basically Austin which is probably near sea level you
know that was quite a jump for us in 24 hours yeah so it's hard
very gonna explain heavily but it was awesome I mean it was hard but it was
awesome at the same time yeah a great experience it was a wonderful experience
I mean and I think it has to go without you say that our guide Edith, she was
incredible and I think this is an important thing that we should probably
say that you know if you're gonna do something like this for the very first
time I think it's important that you definitely try to get yourself a guide
that knows what they're doing cuz trying to do something like this by yourself
when you have these dangerous be dangerous that she would like every you
know frequently test our oxygen levels in our in our blood it's very comforting
it should kind of help us breathe and relax it really helped me a lot at the
beginning to relax and just kind of getting all this a meditative state as I
was hiking up the mountains .
I agree. So it was a wonderful experience. I wish it
would have made it to tippy tippy to see the lakes anyway we did it. We went 4200 meters
Exactly
That's pretty kick ass. So we're starving. Time for us like we usually do to get
something to drink wine and some quesadillas.
I am like.....I've had peanuts and
Gatorade all day and I'm ready for some food.
But those peanuts were damn good though
I had to say that.
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we're off to eat thanks so much and we will see you on the road.