We successfully reached the summit today. Woke up at 11pm on Friday for a midnight departure for the summit. The climb included a relatively steep ascent (3.4 km distance with a 1.2 km vertical gain) to the crater rim, and then a snowy walk on a narrow path around the rim. The total climb (excluding descent and the 9.4 km hike afterwards to the campsite) took 7 hours.
Congrats...what a feat!
ReplyDeleteLast month I was on a mountain above 13,000 ft...but I rode in a car to the top.