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Hazel and Kieran's adventure!
Hi everyone....
Well we are in the last place before the tour ends and boy are we having fun!!! We have done some pretty amazing things so far but as you can possibly see from the photos, climbing a Volcano isnt short of amazing!!! We were all kitted out by the tour company and then we set off. The group on the previous day to us were disappointed to find that the chair lift wasnt working, so they all had to walk the hardest bit. We however were lazy and when we got there it was working!!
We climbed for a while in the snow and ice getting higher and higher. It was pretty hard work as we had to carry all of our stuff and ice axes but when we got to the top it was fantastic. We were actually above cloud level at 3000mts above sealevel!!!
The Volcano gave a few pretty fireworks whilst we were there, and then came an almighty bang as it expoded causing everyone to jump back from the edge! We stayed up there for about 45minutes, and then it was time to get back down. The fun part.
The only way down is to slide on yer bum through the ice tracks, like a tobogan but without the actual sleigh......! Lots of fun, but my god how fast!!!! You have to use the iceaxe to slow you down but the possibilities of actually stopping are nil. But it was a laugh as we came down arms and legs spraying in all directions to land in a heap at the bottom in a snow drift. See the pictures if you dont believe us....!!!
That night we went out because it was our tour leader Kate's birthday. Went for a nice meal, then to a nice bar where we let Marco persuade us into drinking a shot that was on fire! And several cocktails later, we all walked home. The rest is history!!!!!!
That was about all for Pucon, Look out for our final instalment from our tour in Santiago....
Wish you were here,
Hazel and Kieran xxxxxx
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