The closer we got to Antigua the more we heard the name “Acatenango”. Based on the stories we heard about the mountain it became synonymous with “the volcano hike”. Like a game of telephone, the rumors around the hike swirled and changed depending on who we talked to. Some called it the toughest hike of their lives, others didn’t think it was so bad. One messenger had been so freezing cold at base camp that she refused to get out of her tent for the final summit push. After discussing with fellow travelers we knew that summiting Acatenango and watching Volcan de Fuego explode were must do items while we were in Guatemala. Wasting no time, we signed up to start the hike the day after we arrived in Antigua from Honduras.
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