Climbing Volcan Acatenango
1st day – Base Camp(~3600m):
After 5 hours of hiking up the mountain, we’ve reached the Base Camp of Volcan Acatenango. It was the most difficult physical activity I’ve ever done in my life; cursing myself and questioning what the hell I’m doing here.
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Readied our camps to spend the night and started to warm ourselves by the fire, that our guide recently cut from a tree. Drinking hot chocolate and of course Bacardi. I’m freezing despite of my skiing jacket and polar. The 1 day weather change for me between Antigua (eternal spring) to harsh, windy and chilly mountain conditions are huge. Rest have headache due to minor altitude sickness.
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It’s 2 days before the Supermoon; the moon is illuminating the sky, but it’s no match for the majestic explosions of Volcan Fuego.
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We’ll wake up at 3:30 am to continue ~2 more hours of ascending to the tip of Acatenango (3976m) in order to catch the sunrise


⬇Volcan Acatenango, ⬆Volcan Agua
Hiking up Volcan Acatenango to catch the sunrise, with the explosions of Volcan Fuego at the background, brightening the starry night.
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Then sliding down highly slippery volcanic sand without actual skates/skies/snowboard but with bare shoes haha