Orizaba: The Extraordinary Story of Two Mountain Climbers’ Struggle for Survival

This extraordinary true story that received international media coverage of two teenage mountain climbers from Arizona, details their close encounter with death and subsequent fight for survival. Ross and Jared are not your average American teenagers. Jared, a diabetic high school football star, track athlete and avid mountain climber aspires to reach the highest points in every state. Ross, a black belt in martial arts, Eagle Scout and recent exchange student to Mexico wants to attend West Point and receive a commission as an officer in the United States Army. Their paths cross through their mutual participation and success in JROTC. Their many accomplishments and adventure-seeking personalities do not combine well with the stereotypical adolescent overconfidence and fearlessness. Despite a near catastrophic rappelling mishap in the Superstition Mountains that almost cost Ross his life, the two climbers decide to attempt summiting ORIZABA, the third tallest Mountain in North America. Four days into their trek during a snowstorm in sub zero temperatures and roughly six thousand feet above tree-line, another accident occurs preventing them from being able to climb down the twenty three hundred foot glacier. How will they get down? Will they be able to find their camp site before freezing to death? Will Jared be able to get to his insulin in time? The story of their adventure, although not without a bit of humor, will send shivers through your spine and keep your heart pumping throughout. ORIZABA will leave you frozen, breathless and wanting more.