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Four hikers dead in Mexico after falling 16,400 feet while climbing Pico de Orizaba - an active volcano and the highest mountain in the countryBy ADRY TORRES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:11 EDT, 21 August 2023 | UPDATED: 12:45 EDT, 21 August 2023
Four Mexican men were killed during a hiking accident on the Pico de Orizaba on Saturday, authorities in the central state of Puebla said.
The climbers were scaling the active volcano the highest mountain in the country and third in North America when they fell approximately 16,400 feet.
The Puebla civil defense said that the climbing accident took place on the southern side of the volcano mountain - also known by its indigenous name Citlaltépetl - in the municipality of Atzitzintla.
. . .
Sunday's incident is the first deadly accident on Pico de Orizaba, which soars to 18,619 feet above sea level and borders the states of Puebla and Veracruz, since June 16, 2022.
At 18,619 feet above sea level, Pico de Orizaba is the highest mountain in Mexico. It is located between the states of Puebla and Veracruz
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Four hikers dead in Mexico after falling 16,400 feet while climbing Pico de Orizaba - an active volc (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Aug 2023
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cachukis
(2,668 posts)1. Climbed it in 1978. Sad to hear.
madaboutharry
(41,354 posts)2. Tragic and horrifying.
Hard to take in the terror they experienced.
May they rest in peace.
Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)
cachukis This message was self-deleted by its author.
Gruenemann
(1,035 posts)4. How could they fall 16,400 feet?
Is the base of the mountain at only 2000 feet?
ratchiweenie
(7,923 posts)5. I thought the same thing.