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Teaperaturei (a) 82-89 (b) 72-80 
Weatlws G - 0 BC - BCf (23 p.ix,) - C 
Q728 Ist party ashore- 
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■jt Setwmed fro® farther t inland, j0ad a spotty 
night due to sioscsuitoes. ”Dope” helped for short intenmls. One covered 
body as completely as possible. Tied pants to top of sooks so tloere would 
b© no gap betweeni also shirt or coat (I had raincoat) needs to be buttoned 
up tight to xiesk tuid over exposed part of faosf aroiaad ears and back of neok 
put towel saturated with mcsauito dopoj ditto spar© shirt wliich pulled up 
under chin and covered hands folded on breast. One hated to laove and praoti— 
cally didn*t for fear of disturbing ’’eovors” and lotting mosquitoes in. As re- 
sult of all covering, sx only nose ms out and enough of cheeks so tliat ^yoa 
could see out from under towel and watch aoon*s progress across sky from east 
to west. Cloudy sky st times with silhouettes of leaves of trees against the 
gray (liaainous almost) backdrop, fed ms brush (springy) JEtidt piled up high 
enough to oover inequalities of ground surfac# and ^pinaaoles” of rook. 
?ire was kcTjt most of liight by on© or another mssmber of party. Started 
rain again at earliest daybreak and everjdiody almost autmati cally got up to 
prepare for breakfast and the isarch baekj You know, it takes pretty good light 
to see what’s what of rough terrain, fractured lava blocks in all directions, 
up In frequent momds and d^es, with unexoeoted holes deeper than one’s 
leg at tiiaes and enough to break your leg} sismller holes, tooj got my toes 
bent up so bharply in on© that I thought my foot Smd gotten pressed into V 
shape. It hurt for quit© a bit, but one did not Imv© much time to think of 
hurts or outs, soratohes, cactus spines, or thors, for if your attention 
flagged a 
mere mceont you might mlsa your footing, trip over a vine, or 
bruoh too closely agaixist a oaotus 
