The Ultimate Volcano Hike

Goma, Nyiragongo volcano hike from SETH CHASE on Vimeo.

I meant to get this video to friends a long time ago. Let me know if the video doesn't work properly. Not too many people get to do this hike. It's an active volcano in Congo, if you don't have time jump to the end to check out where we camped... right on the edge of the volcano. A woman actually fell in the volcano a while before we were there so be careful when "volcano-ing", and the guards didn't hesitate to tell us about the woman who fell in, anytime we got really close to the edge, Mainly Brando was guilty of getting too close. A few Canadians just sat all night and drank bad coffee, and stared into the lava, It's quite powerful when you are there staring into the lava... it was one of those amazing times of being in awe of the planet we live on... unfortunately Trina was really sick on this trip so it wasn't her favorite time.

Trade your gun in for a mobile phone!

Burundi collected nearly 14 000 weapons in a nationwide campaign to disarm the civilian population and ensure elections next year will be peaceful.

The tiny central African country of 8 million people is emerging from more than a decade of civil war that killed 300 000 people.

"The different arms collected from October 19 to 28 include guns, hand grenades, bombs, mines and ammunition," Leopold Banzubaze, deputy chairman of the national board in charge of disarming the civil population.

"The campaign has been successful. We hope that the 2010 election will be held in peace and security," Banzubaze said.

The national board in charge of disarmament reckons 70 000 weapons have been collected since 2007, out of an estimated 100 000 weapons in the hands of civilians.

President Pierre Nkurunziza had set a one-week deadline for people who possess weapons to hand them in or face severe penalties such as 10 years in prison or a hefty fine.

Those who gave up their weapons voluntarily received building materials such as iron sheets and cement, clothes and mobile phones.