So after waiting around, we got the go ahead to climb the volcano. The morning was beautiful and the forcast was good. We. got some transport to the foot and started hiking. You can see the clear skies and the ski lift that will be used in another few weeks:

You can also see how steep it is and the haze at the top is the smoke from the crater:

Here is the end of a chair lift that was destroyed in an eruption in 1971. That wasn´t the last eruption but it was a big one: But the time we reached the snow line the clouds had started to come in. Our guide said we could put on our crampons and pick up our iceaxes, but he wasn´t confident we would get far:

And he was right, the visibility changed drastically and we had to turn back:

But I enjoyed it anyway. It was a great experience hiking on ice and snow:

....and we all went for a drink afterwards which always makes things better:

Well now I´m in my 11th country, Argentina. And after getting some currency changed and a bed found for the night, the very next thing I did was find some of the famous Argentinian steak, yum yum yum:

xxx R

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