ountain, Mt. Merapi (2,911 meters). We did a night climb so we would reach the top just for the sunrise. This meant we started to climb on zero sleep at 1am, reaching the top just before the sunrise started and finished the descent around 9am completely exhausted. The sunrise was trully magical with tons of Indonesians waving the flag and celebrating and cheering loudly. Being one of the few Westerners (and girls among hundreds of Indonesian men), we were asked to pose in at least 30 photos with strangers. Eventually we had to start turning them down so we could just enjoy the view! Mt Merapi is actually a very active volcano and there was tons of smoke spewing out of holes in the top and parts of the rock had turned yellow from sulfur. It was a really nice surprise when the top of the mountain wasn't cold like most but you could feel the heat from the volcanic activity in the rocks! When we finally got home around noon I passed out for the rest of the day and am a little sore today.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Climbing Mt. Merapi
This Monday, August 17th was Indonesia's Independence Day and a few of us decided to celebrate the local way by climbing the nearby m
ountain, Mt. Merapi (2,911 meters). We did a night climb so we would reach the top just for the sunrise. This meant we started to climb on zero sleep at 1am, reaching the top just before the sunrise started and finished the descent around 9am completely exhausted. The sunrise was trully magical with tons of Indonesians waving the flag and celebrating and cheering loudly. Being one of the few Westerners (and girls among hundreds of Indonesian men), we were asked to pose in at least 30 photos with strangers. Eventually we had to start turning them down so we could just enjoy the view! Mt Merapi is actually a very active volcano and there was tons of smoke spewing out of holes in the top and parts of the rock had turned yellow from sulfur. It was a really nice surprise when the top of the mountain wasn't cold like most but you could feel the heat from the volcanic activity in the rocks! When we finally got home around noon I passed out for the rest of the day and am a little sore today.
ountain, Mt. Merapi (2,911 meters). We did a night climb so we would reach the top just for the sunrise. This meant we started to climb on zero sleep at 1am, reaching the top just before the sunrise started and finished the descent around 9am completely exhausted. The sunrise was trully magical with tons of Indonesians waving the flag and celebrating and cheering loudly. Being one of the few Westerners (and girls among hundreds of Indonesian men), we were asked to pose in at least 30 photos with strangers. Eventually we had to start turning them down so we could just enjoy the view! Mt Merapi is actually a very active volcano and there was tons of smoke spewing out of holes in the top and parts of the rock had turned yellow from sulfur. It was a really nice surprise when the top of the mountain wasn't cold like most but you could feel the heat from the volcanic activity in the rocks! When we finally got home around noon I passed out for the rest of the day and am a little sore today.
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