One of the highlights of Guatemala was climbing Volcan Aconagua (3976m). I've climbed a fair few volcanoes and mountains over 4000m before, and been lucky enough not to struggle with the altitude, so didn't expect anything different this time, but clearly I've got a lot older since I last climbed that high!!
The walk started easily enough, up through some corn fields, but it was a steep, scrabbly path that just kept on going up and it was hard! We started hiking at 2,500m, climbed until 3,700m where we camped for the night, with just a last little bit to climb in the middle of the night for sunrise.
Despite the hard walk, lack of oxygen, and freezing cold, it was an incredible sunrise, combined with the feeling of ebing on top of the world, and with Volcan Fuego smoking excitingly next to us (it had last erupted 2 months before our hike!!).
Here are some photos.....
Starting the hike
Our accommodation for the night
Just a few volcanoes around!
Almost at the top for sunrise
Such a stunning view!
We made it!
Volcanoes, the moon and volcano shadow! So cool!
The cloud quickly rolled in!
Volcan Fuego silently smoking away...
The nicest part of the walk as it was flat!!
A view over the valley
