Climbing up summit of volcanoes of Indonesia is more endurance than technical. What you need to move upward heads for summit is walking and sometimes do little big scrambling along some section of the trail. However,if you like technical climbing then you can considered volcano Raung via southern face of the volcano as your best option of climbing up summit of volcano Indonesia. If you have more time, and would like to climb the highest summit of volcano of Indonesia, then volcano Kerinci should be your best option.
Difficulty of climbing routes of active volcanoes normally change after large eruption due to impact of the eruption. Climbing route of Merapi now already changed due to impact of latest eruption year 2010, mostly half of hiking trail Pasar Bubrah up summit is dominated by volcanic sand where you may slide down backward while moving upward.
Each volcanoes has it own character, has different environment and lanscape.Some of them dominated by volcanic phenomenon and more dry, while the other are more vegetation and green. Old volcanoes normally have many peaks due to natural erotion effects, the trek more flat but longer such us Lawu,Merbabu, and argopuro.While young volcanoes are conical in shape, most trek section is steeper with more unstable stony trail,and little big more sandy.The ecosystem of young volcano is more sensitive due to the existence of volcanic gas around summit zone such us sulfur gas, and so on. Once it's ecosystem experience damage,it needs longer time to recover then.
On rainy days, some summit of volcanoes are considered danger due to some volcanic material on summit zone are unstable and can slide down by the water rain factor.The heavier the the rain, the more danger summit zone will be.How ever, some volcanoes are still considered safe: most of them are old and ancient volcanoes such us Lawu, Nglanggeran,Merbabu and some small touristic volcanoes.
Most climbing required you to be minimum on average fitness level, and better to be good in shape / fitness level for more experiences and enjoyment.As other outdoor adventure sport activities, the fitter you'r the more enjoyment and experiences will be. More details about fitness level and other related aspect of climbing up summit of Indonesian volcanoes, check out below list ( some of them still under construction ):
TREKKING PREPARATION:
> CLICK THE NEXT...Tip Of Physical Preparation
> CLICK THE NEXT...Develope Your Endurance: The Sport Training Formula
> CLICK THE NEXT...Fitness Level Measurement After Exercise
> CLICK THE NEXT...Fitness Level Measurement At Rest
SAFETY AND RISK :
> CLICK THE NEXT...Some Potential Medical Risk
> CLICK THE NEXT...Volcanic Hazard
TREK AND LOGISTICAL TIPS:
> CLICK THE NEXT...Weather and Temperature On Volcano
> CLICK THE NEXT...Sleeping Altitude And Camp Management On Volcano
> CLICK THE NEXT...Pace and Halt Management On Trek
> CLICK THE NEXT...Calorie Requirement
> CLICK THE NEXT...Water Needs
