Transcription: This important matter settled and back with the rest of the party. Hans gave the signal for the start of our climb up the 5,000 feet high volcano of Snafels. We walked in single file, preceded by Hans, up narrow paths where two persons could not possibly walk abreast. As we advanced, the route became more and more difficult and dangerous. Rocks broke and gave way under our feet, rushing to the plains below like a series of small avalanches. Then, as I looked down, I saw a vast, a prodigious volume of pulverized pumice stone, sand and dust. It was rising to the heavens like a mighty water spout ...
