Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Ambrym Volcano

We took local transportation (hiking) to the top of the Ambrym volcano last night at sunset and got to see the boiling molten lava in the caldera. It was really cool!! If you look at a map, its just about in the center of the island, so we've effectively hiked completely across this island in 24 hours. Unfortunately, the only way to get there is walking uphill for 4.5 hours to a camp sight, then we hiked about 1.5 hours up to the rim of the volcano, enjoyed the fruits of our labors, then hiked down a steep ridge with drop offs on each side under flashlight ( fortunately a guide had each of the children by hand), and 1.5 hour hike back to camp. We cooked dinner on the fire, then we slept like champions (5 of us in a 4 man tent). This morning we mustered up all of our energy and walked back, about 3.5 hours since it was finally downhill. Innocence and integrity are champions!! They, really hung in there! We are all spent now. Tomorrow is a Rhom festival (native dancing) in a village about 30 minutes away. I hope my legs can get me there!

Shannon

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