You might not believe me, but in June there is much snow in Kamchatka volcanoes. So one sunny summer day two of my friends and myself decided to go climbing there. Having left the city early morning we arrived to the foot of volcano in the afternoon, having wasted much time changing punched tyres. (Three at a time!) We made our way to the 80 m waterfall, falling from the slopes of the volcano to the glacier. Imagine, the snow there never melts. Then, we started to climb up to the left of the waterfall. Fortunately, there was still much snow, so it was quite easy to climb. In terms of equipment, we had just one ski pole each and one alpenstock. We took some nice pictures during the climb. But the surprise waited us on the top - there was no trail through the thick bush. Having a rest and some snacks we continued out trip, but the weather has changed dramatically. Only two hundred meters were left from the top, but we were exhausted and cold and decided to go down. It took us around 6 hours to go up and down, if not the weather, we would have reached the summit.
You might not believe me, but in June there is much snow in Kamchatka volcanoes. So one sunny summer day two of my friends and myself decided to go climbing there. Having left the city early morning we arrived to the foot of volcano in the afternoon, having wasted much time changing punched tyres. (Three at a time!) We made our way to the 80 m waterfall, falling from the slopes of the volcano to the glacier. Imagine, the snow there never melts. Then, we started to climb up to the left of the waterfall. Fortunately, there was still much snow, so it was quite easy to climb. In terms of equipment, we had just one ski pole each and one alpenstock. We took some nice pictures during the climb. But the surprise waited us on the top - there was no trail through the thick bush. Having a rest and some snacks we continued out trip, but the weather has changed dramatically. Only two hundred meters were left from the top, but we were exhausted and cold and decided to go down. It took us around 6 hours to go up and down, if not the weather, we would have reached the summit.
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