After looking all over town for a tour group that was going to climb the Volcano Tejumulco (Te-who-mull-co) I was lucky that the last place I looked had a group going out in the morning. We got up early and by 6am we were on the road to the trailhead. Our bus was another chicken bus packed to the rim with more people then I ever thought possible. We stoped in this small town to let some people off, our brakes froze up and we were stuck there for 2 hours while our driver beat the brakes with a hammer to free them. Crazy enough he got them to work again and we were off. We got to the trailhead late and it was concerning to me that the Army was patroling the trail and there were about 7 police officers there too. They were very friendly, took our picture and I got one with them too :-). We headed up the trail WAY later then planned and we were lucky enough to all gather under some plastic while we got pounded with about 3" of hail. By the time we got to where we planned to camp we were all wet and extremely cold. Our camp site was about 13K ft and I froze my rear off all night long . We got up at 4:30 to summit the peak and watch the sun rise. Sleeping up that high gave me a terrible headace and all night I was praying for the alarm to go off so we could move again and I could warm up. We were at the top to watch the sun come up and the view made it worth every bit of suffering we indured to get there. On our way back one of the guys in our group had some people try to steal some stuff out of his bag, and although it was a little hetic there was no huge issues and we got back OK!
7 comments:
Now I understand about the hail.............2 1.2 vs 3.......you win. Great scenery check email for web site........stay safe, dry and warm. lmc
holy moly.....what an awesome pic of you at the top..where is your parachute? charles and joe send their hellos.....stay safe!
nanc
That picture is amazing of you at the top of the mountain! What a great accomplishment! The other one is hilarious too! It would've looked real but, you were laughing...
That does not count towards your list of 14'ers here just so you know : ) Seeing any strange wild life? I mean animals like big Iguana's and stuff not weird girls at bars. Love the blog and updates.....keep on keepin on! Kipp-
Saw your email, you were lucky that i opened it and did not consider it as spam sinde the name around the globe did not ring a bell.
10 years we last met, long time ago, not? But i still recognize your big smile and you still like cars i see (S550).
Good luck on your trip, looks very cool. Well i will get on with my boring job, here on the other side of the big ocean.
Jordy
We were right in our assumption that some things are better left alone................miss our talks. LMC
Seriously Luke, the picture of you "getting arrested" is the only one you are smiling in so far! Hmmm...that is a bit odd!
Looks like you are having a great time!
Kate & Drew
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