{"id":295,"date":"2025-01-31T20:57:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/?p=295"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:29:53","slug":"quick-detour-to-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/quick-detour-to-the-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick detour to the south"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially the plan was to immediately head north after returning from Rapa Nui and travel to La Serena.<br>As it often goes with unplanned travel, though, you meet other travelers who really sell you the idea of something you haven&#8217;t thought about doing or has never been on your radar at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being really proud with myself for having a rough skeleton of an idea for the next 1-2 weeks, I was quickly talked into doing a 180 and travel to Pucon in the south to spontaneously hike an active volcano (&#8220;Villarrica&#8221;) instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traveling to Pucon took a 10-hour overnight bus ride and I arrived at 0630h the next morning. 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Talking to Sol, the agency&#8217;s front desk power woman, took another two hours. Turns out she is a big fan of Hundertwasser and Vienna in general, worked for a couple of years in France and Spain and recently fell in love with volcanoes. She fed me some nice information about the volcano and my further travels in general, as she&#8217;d visited a lot of the places on my itinerary in the past already. In exchange I showed her some pictures of Hundertwasser buildings in Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rest fo the day was dedicated to socialising with my roommates at the hostel.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The hike<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pickup at 0615h in the morning, a quick gear check at the agency and then a drive to the base of the volcano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summit of the volcano is at 2.848 meters and you start in the Villarrica National Park at an altitude of around 1.400m, which means during your hike you gain around 1.450m.<br>My last hike I believe was last summer, took me around two hours and a 30 meter elevation gain. As the Australians like to say:<br>&#8220;She&#8217;ll be right, mate&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can choose if you want to skip the first part of the hike and use 2 chair lifts, but as I had fun joking around with my hiking buddy Shannon, we both decided to walk the first bit as well, which added another hour to the hike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_104527948679557598579648531-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"The start of the hike\" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_104527948679557598579648531-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_104527948679557598579648531-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_104527948679557598579648531-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_104527948679557598579648531-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_104527948679557598579648531-1320x991.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_104527948679557598579648531.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first 2-3 hours of the hike are on gravel and rock and do a good job preparing your body for the things to come. Because after this first part you cramp on your crampons (Steigeisen) and proceed to hike the glacial part of the volcano, covered in ice and snow. So, the next stage of the hike took us up a mixture of snow and ash\/dust in serpentines and went on for another 2 hours.<br>This was also when I first started feeling a slight pain in my left knee, thinking &#8220;She&#8217;ll be right, mate&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1221387317457762074047350497-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1221387317457762074047350497-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1221387317457762074047350497-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1221387317457762074047350497-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1221387317457762074047350497-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1221387317457762074047350497-1320x1758.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1221387317457762074047350497.jpg 1502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 200 people hike the volcano every day and I thought that it would be crowded all the way up, but our guides did a great job in making us feel like the only up there by splitting up the groups and choosing different routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1301259501216832243606905170-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1301259501216832243606905170-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1301259501216832243606905170-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1301259501216832243606905170-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1301259501216832243606905170-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1301259501216832243606905170-1320x991.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1301259501216832243606905170.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After around 5-6 hours in total we reached the base of the summit and got rid of all the unnecessary gear to hike the last stretch to the crater as light as possible. Every group gets roughly 15 minutes at the crater, partly to avoid too much traffic up there, secondly because of the sulfuric vapors constantly being emitted by the volcano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Had the views already been breathtaking on the hike up, they were nothing compared to what was waiting for us at the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#jtg-316 .modula-item .jtg-social a, .lightbox-socials.jtg-social a{ fill: #ffffff; color: #ffffff }#jtg-316 .modula-item .jtg-social-mobile a{ fill: #ffffff; color: #ffffff }#jtg-316 .modula-item .jtg-social svg, .lightbox-socials.jtg-social svg { height: 16px; width: 16px }#jtg-316 .modula-item .jtg-social-mobile svg { height: 16px; width: 16px }#jtg-316 .modula-item .jtg-social a:not(:last-child), .lightbox-socials.jtg-social a:not(:last-child) { margin-right: 10px }#jtg-316 .modula-item .jtg-social-mobile .jtg-social-mobile-icons a:not(:last-child){ margin-right: 10px }#jtg-316 .modula-item .figc {color:#ffffff;}#jtg-316 .modula-item .figc .jtg-title {  font-size: 16px; 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https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1559519056927828163939554536-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1559519056927828163939554536-1320x991.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1559519056927828163939554536.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\">The last stretch, almost done<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo jtg-filter-all jtg-filter-\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-image-id=\"277\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-316\" data-caption=\"&lt;span class=&quot;modula-caption-description&quot;&gt;View of the Argentinian border, just behind that other volcano over there&lt;\/span&gt;\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" role=\"button\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-300x225.jpg\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<img class=\"pic wp-image-277 lazyload\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-full=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752.jpg\" title=\"pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-300x225.jpg\" data-caption=\"View of the Argentinian border, just behind that other volcano over there\" data-source=\"modula\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-1320x991.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752-1320x991.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1607490307110958840535202752.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\">View of the Argentinian border, just behind that other volcano over there<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo jtg-filter-all jtg-filter-\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-image-id=\"333\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-316\" data-caption=\"&lt;span class=&quot;modula-caption-description&quot;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" role=\"button\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-300x225.jpg\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<img class=\"pic wp-image-333 lazyload\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-full=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678.jpg\" title=\"pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-300x225.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" data-source=\"modula\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-1320x991.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678-1320x991.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1607527374653952628069410678.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc no-description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo jtg-filter-all jtg-filter-\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-image-id=\"280\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-316\" data-caption=\"&lt;span class=&quot;modula-caption-description&quot;&gt;Dormant now, still showing what he&#039;s got, though.&lt;\/span&gt;\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" role=\"button\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-300x225.jpg\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<img class=\"pic wp-image-280 lazyload\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-full=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774.jpg\" title=\"pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-300x225.jpg\" data-caption=\"Dormant now, still showing what he&#039;s got, though.\" data-source=\"modula\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-1320x991.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774-1320x991.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pxl_20250128_1610597502785471538435103774.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\">Dormant now, still showing what he's got, though.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo jtg-filter-all jtg-filter-\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-image-id=\"332\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"jtg-316\" data-caption=\"&lt;span class=&quot;modula-caption-description&quot;&gt;Me, being mighty impressed and concerned by the volcano!&lt;\/span&gt;\" aria-label=\"Open image in lightbox\" role=\"button\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-300x225.jpg\" class=\"tile-inner modula-item-link\"><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<img class=\"pic wp-image-332 lazyload\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-full=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395.jpg\" title=\"pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-300x225.jpg\" data-caption=\"Me, being mighty impressed and concerned by the volcano!\" data-source=\"modula\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxl_20250128_1604027488189398221041429395.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\">Me, being mighty impressed and concerned by the volcano!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t{\n\t\t\"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\t\"@type\"   : \"ImageGallery\",\n\t\t\"id\"      : \"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/quick-detour-to-the-south\/\",\n\t\t\"url\"     : \"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/quick-detour-to-the-south\/\"\n\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The descent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To speed up the descent a little bit, we found little plastic sleds packed in our backpacks for exactly that purpose. 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Being really proud with&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/quick-detour-to-the-south\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quick detour to the south<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chile"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goneagain.kirkster.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}