Posted on 12/16/2018 9:55:06 PM PST by Paul R.
I climbed Paricutin in the 90’s. The ruins of the church were pretty fun to look at too.
Whatever you do, don’t google “spectacular eruption”. Trust me.
CC
The Erth is angry; maybe we should throw all the caravan invaders in as well.
“thrown in” probably erupt violently as only virgins can stop an eruption.
Then they are in big trouble
The first Europeans to climb Popocatepetl were conquistadors under the command of Hernan Cortés in 1519, as they marched toward the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. In the film Captain from Castile, starring Cesar Romero as Cortés and Tyrone Power as one of his men named Pedro de Vargas, a large plume of smoke can be seen rising in the distance in many outdoor shots. This was Paricutin, which erupted during filming in Mexico in 1947.
The flick is enjoyable to watch, and a reasonably accurate account of the conquest of Mexico, especially for a historical drama from that period. The soundtrack includes the rousing march Conquest, which the USC marching band plays after the Trojans win a ballgame.
Popocatepetl, Ixtachuhatl and Orizaba
Which one of these is the one Cortez’ men climbed to get sulfur for gunpowder, and first saw the Aztec capitol in the distance?
When I was very young, in the late 60’s-early 70’s, we read a book about that volcano in elementary school. One of the few things I remember from school.
Increased ground vibrations from the thousands of Honduran, El Salvadorian, and other central American migrants walking from their home nations to the US-Mexican border was found to be a factor in setting off the volcano’s eruption.
I’m not sure - what little info. I found suggests more of a regional effect, with no reference to a particular volcano. Alaska, for example, was unusually warm, in the winter of 1976-77, while the central and eastern US shivered.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_%2777
Cho Oyu is a beautiful snow peak in the Himalaya. I saw it from Tingri in 1988 when I was trekking to the Everest base camp on the Tibet side. Just trekking no mountain climbing.
Teamed up with two Canadians in Tingri and we hired a yak driver whose yak carried our packs. He was our guide and arranged our lodging in a local village and in a nomads tent en route.
Ate the local food which was tsampa, tsampa, and more tsampa. Trekking at high altitude and trying to eat the local food that would gag a maggot is a sure formula to lose weight. I lost 20 lbs by the time I got back to Hong Kong 3 weeks later.
Precious memories how they linger.
“Precious memories how they linger.”
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And what great memories to have-——mine are dull in comparison.
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Glad I missed it.
:^) I should have tried climbing mountains when I was at my peak. /rimshot
Not long ago I heard a loony lib blame an earthquake on climate change, so why not?
Here’s a fascinating video documentary of the eruption of Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines.
NOVA In The Path Of A Killer Volcano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFgfmwDUKg
Heh, the cool thing about climbing that volcano is you get to slide down the side of it when you are done looking around at the top. The ash on the side doesn’t contain anything much bigger than a nickle. The bottom of the volcano was still hot to the touch when I was there.
I do believe that is THE BOOK I have been looking for for years!
If so, I read it back in the 60s and have always been fascinated by Volcanoes ever since.
Thank You!
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