Wisps of steam and smoke drift from the Pacaya volcano. Many years ago, I climbed Pacaya. It was a tough climb. First, it was hiking through the trees. Then it was sliding through loose lava scree (which will ruin shoes in a single climb). My hair was blowing horizontally in the high wind. I didn't think I was going to make it to the top. No how. No way. I kept going. And just as it was getting dark, I reached the rim. It was one of the most magnificent things I've ever seen. Bright bubbling orange lava glowed and let off steam. It was awesome.
I may never climb Pacaya again, but looking up today, I remember.
ahhh. hat's off. i didn't make it to the top of the volcano i tried to climb, so i never got the joy of the top.
ReplyDeletetravel safely home, friend.
Simply amazing.
ReplyDeleteI read about some of the current Guatamala politics today. Take care of yourself.
Wow. I'd like to see that, but for now I saw it here.
ReplyDeleteAt the top, did you wish you had marshmallows to roast?
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ReplyDeleteGary, I doubt marshmallows and brimstone are a good combination. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAmazing, Lucia. Next time we head to Salvador, we're going diving in one of the two flooded volcanoes there.
good point, maybe better to toss in a sacrificial virgin instead
ReplyDeleteI'd go but I really have things to do. I'm a virgin, really! Virgin lava mountain climber...
ReplyDeleteI couldn't have climbed it if the devil himself was chasing me.. even when I was young and skinny.. but I can certainly imagine how beautiful it must have been. :)
ReplyDeletePeace,
~Chani
What an exciting and amazing story, and told so well! Just the essentials. It almost reads like a poem.
ReplyDeleteYou must have been a hermit crab in a previous life. And when you died you called out, "NEVER AGAIN." Hehe
ReplyDeleteI have sliced up a pair of hiking boots travelling over lava. Better than my feet though.
ReplyDeleteI would do it again in a heartbeat.