Transcription: The descent then began in the following order. Hans went first, my uncle followed, and I went last. We lowered ourselves on a rope which seemed hardly able to bear the weight of three people. The silence was only disturbed by the sound of pieces of rock falling beneath us as we went down. After three hours, we seemed to be as far as ever from the bottom of the well. Still we continued to descend, and all the time it was getting darker. We had started at one o'clock. By about eleven o'clock at night, I estimated we were some five thousand feet down. Then I heard the voice of Hans from below. Ha ...
