Most of my life I have been chasing these wonders of nature. I fell in love with the first one I ever saw, climbed it, and thereafter had to climb those that crossed my path. There is something challenging about volcanoes, which makes one want to climb them. They have a magnetic force, a force that draws you towards them, that makes you want to stand on their summits and perhaps become akin with nature. Maybe they satisfy our need to conquer, not nature, but fear.
Volcanoes are often beautiful, but they are always awesome-simply by virtue of their existence. .
Stephens, an adventurer and early escape artist, is a well known expatriate in Asia having written thousands of newspaper and magazine articles and 19 books. He is currently writing travel articles for the Bangkok Post , and we can assure you that you will not find better, more interesting writing anywhere. We may have reached mid-life or even beyond. Yes, many people dream about it, but Harold Stephens does it. It's happening all around us, all the time.