At the end of a pleasant day's climbing walk from about 600 m. at Senaru, Lombok, to 2700 m. we came to The Crater Rim. Gunung Rinjani is one of the three highest mountains of Indonesia. But only the last part of the climb to the Crater rim is a bit strenuous taking you over sliding sands and steep jagged rocks.
The Rinjani became active again in July and hence we were not allowed to ascend to the summit another 1000 metres higher (on the far top left of this photo). The lake is about 2000 m. above sea level, and our camping place at about 2700 m.
Hardly realising that the climb up was done, we quite suddenly and unexpectedly saw the Crater. A stunning view in the bright fresh air... Sublime, I would say. And thus further words fail me... Except to say that the night was clear and crispy cold with an almost full moon. The black current in the photo at night becomes the molten red-orange of lava, and now and then the volcano blasts away. In our sleeping bags we could feel the slightly trembling earth.
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