Volcanoes

VOLCANOES

These massive volcanoes have been around for thousands of years. They can be extinct, active, or dormant. Some people have climbed up these dangerous volcanoes. My mum, uncle, Nannie, and my grandad have been to the extinct Mount Tarawera volcano in the North Island of New Zealand with a vulcanologist who is an expert on volcanoes. He helped them get up there near the edge of the crater and he was there to make sure that they were ok and safe. They were all a little scared as they carefully climbed over the steep sharp edge. They were supposed to scree run through the old ash rocks and pumice, into the bottom of the crater. (a long way down!)Suddenly my Mummy (age 9 back then) slipped and rolled like a rock without stopping! My grandparents were scared that she hurt herself very badly! But it turned out that she was very shocked and she was smothered in white scratches and cuts. She arrived quicker than everybody else! A never to be forgotten adventure! I wish I’d been there!