According to BBC, the volcano I just climbed last month in Guatemala erupted, killing 2 people and injuring 50 more. This is the same volcano on which we climbed and roasted marshmallows over a river of lava. If you go to the above link, you can watch a video of the eruption (now granted, some of these eruptions were going on while we were on the volcano, spewing some lava out the top and shooting some rock and lava up in the air, but it wasn't quite on this level).
Does this mean I am going to stop climbing volcanoes? Probably not. Will I be more careful in the future - hopefully. I'd be lying if I said I didn't think it was kind of cool that it erupted right after I was there!
I'll have to say, I'm glad you weren't there when it blew...your whole bag of marshmallows would have been toasted!! :0)
ReplyDeleteI know that would have been awful! The whole time we were up on the mountain it was rumbling quite a bit and shooting off some lava, plus it was so hot it melted my shoes and melted my friend's bag to a rock when he set it down. Now I think these might have all been indications that it was getting ready to blow - I guess now I know!
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