Xincantecatl-Part I

Four years of dreaming

The summit (15,340 feet) is the high point near the middle of the photo directly across the crater

The Back Story

The ninth highest peak in North America and the fourth highest in Mexico. The name Xincantecatl is the Nahuatl word for Naked Lord, supposedly because it resembles a sleeping man when you look at the profile from a distance. The Spanish name i…