LashWorldTour NEWS: My Guest Post is on HikeBikeTravel
Lovely Leigh McAdam invited me to guest post on her aptly named travel blog, HikeBikeTravel. As you can tell from the title, Leigh and I have a lot in common!
For her travel adventure site, I’ve written the story of my solo ascent of volcanic Mt Semeru on Java, Indonesia. Semeru is Java’s highest peak at 3676 M / 12,100 ft. It’s the second most sacred mountain to Indonesia’s Hindhus and also one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes. It still randomly spews out toxic sulfuric fumes. Occasionally hikers get caught in a sudden burst of the mountain’s fumes and die up there on the summit!
view of Mt Semeru from my tent near the base of the the ash cone
The peak is fairly remote, accessed by a tiny village in the mountains of central Java. As a result of its rather inaccessible location and its dangers, very few people choose to climb Mt. Semeru. Fewer of those are westerners. And not many at all choose to climb the stark mountain solo.
As for me, I travel solo, so what’s a girl to do? When I read that Mt. Semeru is Java’s highest peak, I was dead-set on climbing. So off I went…
Read about my volcanic climbing adventure over at HikeBikeTravel here
Big thanks to Leigh for featuring me on her great travel blog!
cheers, Lash
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Hi! I'm Lash, an American nomadic world traveler who's been traveling solo since 1998. I’m passionate about traveling the world nomadically and then sharing it all with you. I hope to inspire you to travel the world, to entertain you with tales from the road, and to help you reach your travel dreams. Welcome! 
