Ascent of El Volcan Tajumulco

12-14-02, San Marcos, Guatemala

We started out early that morning, getting a ride up to the base of the hike in a pickup at 7:00 am. The ascent crew consisted of me, my brother Lars, and three other Peace Coprs volunteers: Monique, Adam, and Mike. Tajumulco is the tallest mountain in Central America at 13,800 feet. The thin air and my lack of physical conditioning made the hike a challenge, but I reached the summit after five hours. What an achievement!

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Tacana view from Tajumulco summit.jpg	Eric Mike Lars Adam begin hike.jpg	Mike and Adam attack summit.jpg
Lars Mike Adam Monique begin hike.jpg	Tajumulco Crater.jpg	Monique does straddle hold.jpg
Eric eats PB&J on Taujumlco summit.jpg	Lars does straddle hold.jpg	Approach to Tajumulco.jpg
Bottom of Tajumulco crater.jpg	Morning dew on mountain plants.jpg	Lars and Eric on Tajumulco summit.jpg
Adam Lars Mike Monique pause.jpg	Peace Corps Tajumulco hikers.jpg	Lars Adam Mike Moninque keepin' on.jpg
descent crew session.jpg	Adam shoots the trees.jpg	Mike and Monique snooze Tamulco summit.jpg
Eric and Lars and El Volcan Tajumulco.jpg	12-14-02 Crew summits Tajumulco.jpg	Adam hikes El Volcan Tajumulco.jpg
Lars & Crush on Tajumulco summit.jpg	Eric on top of Tajumulco rock.jpg	Eric Battle reaches tallest C. America summit.jpg
Eric embraces lush green forest carpet.jpg	Mike retrieves disk in tree.jpg	Adam rests against Tajumulco tree.jpg
lighter hacky on descent.jpg	Monique and Tajumulco tree.jpg	Descending Tajulumco grassy ravines terrian.jpg
excited sebulba tree in clouds.jpg	mike retrieves frisbee from tree.jpg	eroded tajumulco mountainside.jpg
cloudy tajumulco mountainside.jpg	Mike's fourth descent of Tajumulco.jpg	Sunset over Tajumulco.jpg
Volcanic sediment and yellow flowers.jpg	Profiles-Tajumulco man-in-mountian, PCVs.jpg	Tajumulco man-in-mountain profile.jpg