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Crossing over the “Old Crater” to the “New Crater” with a distinctive boarder, showing that the Old Crater was filled in with ash.
Our guide said they expect one day the ash with cave in, and in a few places you could see the ash had settled and sunk in.
He was NOT happy that I jumped with force onto the new crater. Oops!
Tread lightly when walking on active craters!!!
These flowers were growing in the volcanic ash along the top of the crater. A message to us all that we can grow and shine no matter our circumstances.
The hike is a night climb, timed to summit at sunrise. During our half-way point rest, our guide pulled out a machete and started cutting off slabs of meat from a roasted goat leg.
Snack anyone???
Sort of terrified me, if you can see my blurry face in the photo on the right.
Post about our trek — and the goofy guy who hiked completely unprepared (Converse shoes are NOT recommended for this climb!) check out my post.
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