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Our  first landing  on Telefon  Bay for  the  can survive more than 5 minutes in this
                                                                                                                                                                                     English speaking group was a little later in  very chilly water that look like it has ice
                                                                                                                                                                                     the morning today, so it was a big relief.  cubes everywhere. No one wears wetsuits
                                                                                                                                                                                     It  was a  cold,  chilly,  windy  morning  and  like the young, fit and beefy pilots of the
                                                                                                                                                                                     the water was so rough. I’m glad that this  rescue zodiacs; plus the average age of
                                                                                                                                                                                     expedition was at the end because it would  the passengers is probably 65 years old
                                                                                                                                                                                     have probably discouraged me to get out  or older. I hiked up halfway up the hill to
                                                                                                                                                                                     of the ship again to go to shore if this was  take a picture of the crater, then I had to
                                                                                                                                                                                     in the beginning. In this post, I included a  decide whether to follow the others to
                                                                                                                                                                                     photo of the rescue zodiac that are always  hike up the rest of the volcanic hills and
                                                                                                                                                                                     on the alert for any mishaps or accident  make my way down the other side. I said
                                                                                                                                                                                     in case any of us fall in the water where  “Nay”. This is late in the summer now and
                                                                                                                                                                                     a very healthy person has 20 minutes or  most of the ice on some parts of the path
                                                                                                                                                                                     less time to survive. Looking at my fellow  is now slushy and slippery even when they
                                                                                                                                                                                     passengers,  I  think  nobody  in  our  group,






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