The Acatenango volcano in Guatemala. Lightning bolts appear to shoot upwards & light up the sky over the Acatenango Volcano in Guatemala. This gif is from a video taken by Derrick Steele during a thunderstorm last month on July 10.
I’m surprised more people aren’t walking around Antigua like they’ve shat themselves quite frankly, given that climbing up Volcán Acatenango is a very popular activity. We got back this morning and I’m pretty sure the jelly my legs have been reduced to will be replaced with six different kinds of pain tomorrow. Who’s bloody idea was this?! (Mine. It was my idea). Was it worth it? Yes it fucking…
Porque é que subiAntes de começar com aquela que penso ser uma das experiências mais difíceis de descrever, ou pelo menos é essa a sensação que ainda tenho, tenho de vos contar alguns factos.É a Guatemala, a subida do Acatenango, um vulcão ativo, com cerca de 3990 anos, cerca de doze quilómetros de subida e descida e nada menos de 1500-1700 metros de desnível, dependendo da informação que se…
After staring at the Volcanoes Fuego and Acatenango from a hot tub in Antigua, Guatemala for a few days, we went up to climb dormant Acatenango for some views of actively erupting Fuego. The hike to base camp was a 6 hour, steep steep climb into the clouds, mist and rain. When we arrived at camp it was storming so we piled into a little cabin, tried to dry off and layer up to stay warm, and stayed in our little cocoons huddled together while the guides brought us food until we finally slept (or tried to).
At 4am we were supposed to wake up to summit Acatenango to watch the sunrise over Fuego but the weather was unsafe and the view would be unclear so we had to skip it, but at least we got a little more sleep in. At 6am the sky cleared a bit and we waited with wet, cold hands holding coffee for the perfect combination of cleared clouds and volcano-eruption-ash-plume. The best I got was 50/50. The hike down was beautiful and painful on the knees. Luckily we were able to see incredible scenery- as far as Lake Atitlan where were stayed last week, until we were back into a canopy of clouds. Overall, we climbed 4,000 feet to 12,355 feet. Quite the aventura.
Before starting with what I think will be one of the most difficult experiences to describe, or at least, that’s the feeling I still have, I have to tell you some other facts.It is Guatemala, the ascent to Acatenango, an active volcano, about 3990, about twelve kilometers of travel between the ascent and descent and no less than 1500-1700 meters of elevation gain, depending on where you get the…