Fire Mountain

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Seeing an active volcano firsthand has been a boyhood dream of mine, prompted by the world encyclopaedia that Mom and Dad gave me for my 10th Christmas. Tonight I get to climb one!
Led by an experienced guide we will walk up Mount Merapi. The climb starts at 1am in the morning, to avoid the worst of the heat, at around 6.000ft and we ascend a further 3,600 ft to reach the summit in time to see the sunrise (and hopefully some volcanic smoke and smells)
Gunung Merapi translates to Fire Mountain in Javanese. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. The last eruption was 10th March 2014 and it's highest point is 9,610 feet.

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