The two craters of this volcano
Karen decides to hike the mountain after seeing her friend get wasted after bailing from her board 2 weeks ago
The boarding slope.....pretty steep
We check out the active crater before jumping on the boards.
Sexy me
Boarding looking from the bottom of the slope
The speed records board
6 November 2009
We did a volcano tour yesterday where we climbed up central americas youngest active volcano Cerro Negro. There was heaps of steam and you could see the fresh lava flows from when it eruped 3 years ago.
At the top we suited up in our protective suits and goggles and jumped on some sit on boards. The slope down the volcano was really scary and vertical. At the top I even had some nerves as I raced one of the other guys down. I went all out as they had a speed gun and everyday they would take the speeds of eeryone and had a record board. I had to beat 82km per hour to break the record, set by a German guy a month before which seemed crazy.
I got down the first half of the volcano really fast and then at the second half it dropped off even further and I picked up even more speed. My board started wobbling and then I lost control and went rolling down the scoria at 46km per hour (thats what the speed gun said anyway). I got away with only a few scrapes and bruises. One of the girls went hard and got up to 56km per hour and fall off at the very end rolling 10 metres past the board and she was going fast so I couldnt even imagine 82 km per hour.
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