{"id":8084,"date":"2026-02-22T19:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=8084"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:58:49","slug":"andean-vacation-volcano-san-jose-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=8084","title":{"rendered":"Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Base Camp<\/a>
\nAndean vacation. Volcano San Jose. High camp<\/a><\/p>\n

January 6 the wind died down, and we moved camp up to 5100. The German-Australians had gone down, freeing their tent places, and we settled onto one of them. We did have to make a trip up to 5200 to fetch the cache, but a bit of exercise never hurts.<\/p>\n

On the morning of the 7th we set out for the summit. There was no strong wind, the sun was shining, and by local standards it was positively warm. \u201310\u00b0C on top.
\nThe ascent there is steady, across snow-and-rock fields.<\/p>\n

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Smoke break.<\/p>\n

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The summit is over there.<\/p>\n

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And down there \u2014 the refuge and the exit into the valley.<\/p>\n

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San Jos\u00e9 is quite an active volcano, its upper part wide and spacious, with three large craters.
\nAhead is the rim of the first crater.<\/p>\n

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The first crater, with a substantial glacier inside.<\/p>\n

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Closer in pieces.<\/p>\n

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Here you can clearly see the sulfur \u2014 proof that the volcano is very much alive.<\/p>\n

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Marmolejo.<\/p>\n

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The second crater.<\/p>\n

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The summit (overall view with the cairn on the cover photo). On the far side of the crater is the Chilean summit. It\u2019s lower than the official one; patriotic Chileans invariably go over there as well, but we won\u2019t \u2014 we lack the Chilean patriotism required to do laps around the crater rim.<\/p>\n

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The summit cairn has all sorts of things embedded in it, from a compass to several memorial plaques. Judging by the inscriptions, the people commemorated did not perish here; apparently they simply loved this mountain and had stood on this summit many times.<\/p>\n

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We sat on the summit, had some tea,<\/p>\n

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Admired the surroundings,<\/p>\n

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Waved to Marmolejo,<\/p>\n

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And headed down.<\/p>\n

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We descended calmly to the tent, but I had barely lit the Jetboil to melt water for dinner when snow began to fall \u2014 which very quickly turned into SNOW. And it kept coming, without pause, for 36 hours\u2026<\/p>\n

Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Descent<\/a>
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