Izalco

¡Hola Amigos!
Saturday we had an outing with the Romero Program. All the bacarios came with us to hike up Izalco, one of the many volcanoes in El Salvador. It’s inactive now and located next to Santa Ana and Cierro Verde (if you were to get out a map and find where I was). The whole hike took a little over four hours. To get to the base of the volcano we had to walk an hour downhill. Then it was a two hour climb up to the top of Izalco. The climb was intense because there was no solid ground. I was literally climbing on all fours over loose rocks and ash. The view from the top was incredible, though. (See pictures). There was a crater at the top that we walked down into. To get down the volcano was a challenge. You have to lean back and “ski” down. We were all filthy by the time we got to the bottom, not to mention bruised and cut up. Then it was another hour hike back up the mountain. It was a long hot day, but how cool is it that I can now say I’ve climbed a volcano.

Paz,
Stephanie