Volcan

How many times in your life had you said to yourself or a friend the phrase, ``I´m going to climb up a volcano today !`` Most likely such a topic does not enter the casual conservation of every day life. Yet, when the volcano beckons my eyes, I can only go up to it and climb as high as I can.

A still—Volcano—Life

By Emily Dickinson:

A still—Volcano—Life—
That flickered in the night—
When it was dark enough to do
Without erasing sight—

A quiet—Earthquake Style—
Too subtle to suspect
By natures this side Naples—
The North cannot detect

The Solemn—Torrid—Symbol—
The lips that never lie—
Whose hissing Corals part—and shut—
And Cities—ooze away— 

Cotopaxi National Park in the Central Highlands of Ecuador

Second highest active volcano in the world

 

Yeah, there are glaciers up there. Crazy to think to have such when so close to the Equator. Yeah, it was cold. Rain, sleet, freezing rain, snow, and sideways of all of the above hit our bodies for over 2.5 hours. 

I happened to over hear another traveler hiking up say to his friend, ``I wish they would have told us it was going to be like this. I feel like we aren´t prepared enough¨. I smiled at him and said ``Yep, I feel the same way. `` 

This was or has been one of the highlights of my trip thus far. There is nothing more I like than feeling the raw elements of the earth testing my mental and physical strength to higher realms.

 

yah sometimes i do wonder why i find the things i do FUN and that I pay to do so ! ha ha

WELL, now my record for highest hiked is 15, 959 feet above sea level,  however most of this was helped with driving up a good part of the altitude

oh it is just a walk in the park kind of day !