Romans1513 Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 ...and it sucked. It was the hardest, coldest, most physically demanding and most disappointing thing I've even done in my life. Disappointing because I DID make it to the top, but clouds had blown in and so I could not see a thing, could not breathe because of the sulfur gas. It was horrible. But I climbed a volcano, how sweet is that? Just thought I'd share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintOlaf Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Where did you find a volcano? I'd always be scared that it would erupt on me while I was climbing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Did you plant a terrible towel as a flag? We expect pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans1513 Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1418218' date='Nov 12 2007, 04:30 PM']Did you plant a terrible towel as a flag? We expect pics [/quote] Hehehe... Well, the volcano was in southern Chile, and they monitor seismic readings and wouldn't let you go up if they thought it was dangerous. And after we got started, it was too exhausting and exciting to be scared. No terrible towel (actually, I don't even own one!!!), but don't worry, I will post pics. It might be a while though, because I'm quite overwhelmed with homework and needing to post pics on my blog first right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corban711 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 whenever fr. antoine from the community of st. john comes to my house he takes out his laptop and shows us pictures of these crazy hikes he goes on. he's climbed some volcanoes in his time pretty amazing stuff! that mustve been so awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaHilarious Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 [quote name='Romans1513' post='1418189' date='Nov 12 2007, 11:01 AM']I climbed a volcano, how sweet is that?[/quote] Just one? What'd you do with the rest of your day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farglefeezlebut Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Hooray for you. Even if it wasn't fun, enjoy the sense of achievment, and the fact that from now on if anyone makes a petty criticism of you, you can say "And how many volcanoes have YOU climbed?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinAH Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I just climbed a flight of stairs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans1513 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 [img]http://lh5.google.com/irish05chica/Rz38Vb1WVEI/AAAAAAAAATo/q7YMyJezf4A/s400/Pucon%20137.jpg[/img] Me, blissfully ignorant of the pain and disappointment that awaits me. hahaha [img]http://lh4.google.com/irish05chica/Rz38WL1WVFI/AAAAAAAAATw/USjqPeuDags/s400/Pucon%20140.jpg[/img] [img]http://lh3.google.com/irish05chica/Rz38W71WVGI/AAAAAAAAAT4/BYOpMwJANkA/s400/Pucon%20147.jpg[/img] My clampons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans1513 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 [img]http://lh4.google.com/irish05chica/Rz38XL1WVHI/AAAAAAAAAUA/Eqe-Fg4hl2A/s400/Pucon%20142.jpg[/img] Looking up at the volcano- notice, it was clear that early in the day, besides the occasional cloud drifting by! [img]http://lh6.google.com/irish05chica/Rz38Xr1WVII/AAAAAAAAAUI/lqyQME2MFBk/s400/Pucon%20153.jpg[/img] This is the highest view we got- after this it was pure whiteness the next few hours (besides when we got to the top, then it was pure yellowness because the sulfur gas was so thick) [img]http://lh4.google.com/irish05chica/Rz3_8L1WVKI/AAAAAAAAAUY/OWHrRanqLUw/s400/Pucon%20149.jpg[/img] Some of that pure whiteness, only in this one you can see a bit of a rocky ridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans1513 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 [img]http://lh6.google.com/irish05chica/Rz3_8r1WVLI/AAAAAAAAAUg/GURT2TQZ_Lo/s800/Pucon%20163.jpg[/img] Me after we finally made it back down under the cloud cover... notice the icicles in my hair... yuck... At this point I was quite sad because I had seen how far we had to go haha [img]http://lh3.google.com/irish05chica/Rz3_871WVMI/AAAAAAAAAUo/zDzn4XH9iKY/s800/Pucon%20164.jpg[/img] It WAS a pretty cool view... although it would have been more awesome from a few thousand feet higher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans1513 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 [quote name='farglefeezlebut' post='1418749' date='Nov 13 2007, 04:47 PM']Hooray for you. Even if it wasn't fun, enjoy the sense of achievment, and the fact that from now on if anyone makes a petty criticism of you, you can say "And how many volcanoes have YOU climbed?"[/quote] Yeah thats what we keep saying... now that I can walk again (I was soooooo sore), I can say it was a pretty amazing experience, although I am still bitter about making it but not getting to see the crater or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans1513 Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 **bump** Just to make sure those of you who were waiting for pictures see them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totus Tuus Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 That is so awesome! I want to climb a mountain someday. Not necessarily a volcanic mountain. But just a simple mountain would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionarybelle Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 I went backpacking in the summer and climbed a mountain. but I only climber from 10-12 thousand feet. and i was exausted. I cant' imagine doing what you did! I'm such a wuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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