{"id":128,"date":"2009-02-06T13:46:11","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T17:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/crosscultural\/?p=128"},"modified":"2009-02-06T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T17:46:11","slug":"climbing-the-fuego-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/2009\/02\/06\/climbing-the-fuego-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbing the Fuego Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"alignright\" href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/crosscultural\/photos\/album\/72157613368630365\/latin-america-4.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3365\/3256324060_435b76d461_m.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Latin America 4\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>Rolling through Antigua this weekend was quite amazing. Even though the country of Guatemala is roughly the size of Ohio, it contains over 30 volcanoes, which are enormous.  When I actually (more or less) reached the top of Fuego, I realized how drastic the country really is, in terms of geography. You drive from the busy, huge, smelly, metropolis of Guatemala City, hike a few hours up a mountain, and it seems as though you are in a completely different world.<\/p>\n<p>We were drenched and sweating as we hiked 5-6 hours up to the base camp (from 4,500 ft to 10,000 ft), surrounded by jungle trees. But up on top, another 1 \u00bd hrs and 2,300 ft later, it was windy, and freezing, completely barren. <a class=\"alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3332\/3255496807_504a035f79.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3332\/3255496807_504a035f79_m.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View of volcano Agua, from above the clouds.\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>There was nothing growing. All I could see was rocks.  However, looking out across the landscape, I was met with a wonderful sight. Colossal volcanoes, covered in clouds, towering over the rest of the valley. I have never seen anything as awesome.  And that is only one small fraction of the country. There are dozens more volcanoes, mountains and ridges that cover the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>If we compare this country to the United States, we have similar geography, with the same mountains, forests, and beaches. However, our country is 100 times the size, maybe larger. It&#8217;s amazing that so little a country can contain so much. This weekend taught me a lot about perception as well. The volcano, from distance, looked like a piece of cake to climb, but it challenged my limits as I struggled all the way to the top.  Even from our campsite, the top seemed a short hop away, but boy was I wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rolling through Antigua this weekend was quite amazing. Even though the country of Guatemala is roughly the size of Ohio, it contains over 30 volcanoes, which are enormous. When I actually (more or less) reached the top of Fuego, I realized how drastic the country really is, in terms of geography. You drive from the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/2009\/02\/06\/climbing-the-fuego-volcano\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Climbing the Fuego Volcano<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latin-america-2009"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}