Perhaps I should have been worried when they told me they had to cancel the Telica Volcano hike two days prior due to a “minor eruption.” Or perhaps I should have hedged a bit when we set up our campsite just past this ominous sign. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been so excited about spending a night just a few minutes’ walk from Telica’s constantly smoking volcanic crater on the Ring of Fire. But then I wouldn’t have had this view, or this story, and I remember that my goal for 2017 was to say yes to anything that intrigued me – even if it scared me. Even if it meant sleeping atop Telica Volcano – one of Nicaragua’s most active – for the night. What It’s Like to Hike Telica Volcano? I awoke the day of the Telica volcano hike, body and ego both bruised from volcano boarding the day prior. A migraine had pounded in my head all the previous night, and I was prepared to call off the hike and beg for a refund. But remarkably, I woke up with a clear head and actual ...