It took about 2 hours and 40 minutes on the way up, and because I am a baby (my feet hurt, my legs were sore, I was hungry), pretty much just as long on the way back down. Here are some pictures of our journey:
This is Mt. Sibayak!
This is it again...
What a beauty!
And here are the snacks we brought to nourish us. The initial plan was eat Ritz crackers halfway up, and then eat the Oreos at the very top. As you can see, the Ritzs were gone long before halfway. And only two Oreos made it to the top. Oh well.
Ok. So to be honest I don't know exactly what this sign says. But since there are little pellet marks all over, I think it's safe for me to attempt to translate"
"WARNING! White people will be shot on sight! Especially ones who are tall! Turn back now, or face immediate, sudden, and painful death!!"
I know I look ravishing, but I was actually (already) tired and sore and, I'll admit it, a little whiny. These next couple pictures are all 'Steve wouldn't let me just stop unless I had a reason so fine let's take dumb pictures then' pictures.
Procastination at it's finest.
Too bad Steve caught wise of my clever ploy after this picture and made me start walking again.
Oh the danger!
At this part on the journey, we found the path had collapsed, so we had to cling to the side.
This was one of my favourite parts of the climb because I pretended I was a female Indiana Jones! Which is ok, because....
Steve clearly thinks he is -actual- Indiana Jones.
Reminds me of Jurassic Park... before all the mayhem.
What a view! And the scenery behind him isn't bad either. *wink*
*whistle whistle*!
More fun stairs... I love it here!
These are the shoes Steve deemed appropriate for climbing a volcano...
These are the shoes deemed appropriate by me.
Doesn't look very volcano-y up here...
That's more like it.
I don't know about you, but I always had the impression volcanic craters were... less wet... and less full of advertisements spelt out in large rocks.
That is sulfur behind us!
For Steve: Free advertising of our family name. (Sorry dad)
For Peter Youngren: Free advertising of Grace TV. (PS I want a raise for this when I get back. ...haha?)
This is the picture you get taken of you at the top of a volcano when you wear flip flops to climb a volcano. Silly.
This is the picture you get taken of you at the top of a volcano when you wear sensible shoes. Owning the camera doesn't hurt either.
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