Java, Indonesia
A few days ago I went to climb Merapi. We left Yogi at 10pm to Selo, a village on its slopes at just below 1500 meters in altitude. At 1am we began to climb in the darkness. We had to go up around another 1500 meters, which is on the sizeable side of climbs when compared to those around Rockies at home. Our guide said we'd have to make a call at about the 1000 meter mark of our trip as to whether to try for the summit, as weather can change drastically at that po...