Burnt Orange Meets El Cerro Negro in Nicaragua

BY Alan Cundy in Fan Mail on February 25, 2026
Surfing down the side of El Cerro Negro.

Anurag Kulkarni, BS 23, hits the slopes of El Cerro Negro, an active cinder cone volcano in Nicaragua, as part of a three-week backpacking trip through Central America in December 2025. Kulkarni is a diehard Longhorn who worked at DKR before attending UT and brings his Texas pride everywhere he goes, including a two-month post-graduation backpacking trip from Japan to Egypt.

Backpacking through Central America.

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