We climbed two volcanoes, Tajumulco (13,810 ft.) and Picaya (9000 ft.), the latter semi-active, both easy climbs. One rides a mule to within a few hundred feet of the top of each and walks the rest of the way. Tajumulco is the highest mountain in Central America. The climb is a beautiful trip through park-like uplands and we thought we could see both oceans from the top, although the Atlantic was rather uncertain. In climbing Tajumulco, we left San Marcos (7600 ft.) at 3 a.m. by motor, left San Sebastian (8500 ft.) at 4.30 on horseback, left our horses at treeline (about 13,200 ft.) at 7.30, and arrived on top at 8.15. We spent half an hour there, stopped a few minutes to see some Mayan pictographs on the way down, and were back in San Marcos shortly after noon.

T. D. C.