A Crater Too Far

Don't go down there

We strike out into the wilderness, attacking the Kirishima volcano chain. On paper, it looks like we can traverse the mountains in a day, reaching a village on the other side in good time for tea and medals. However, the lure of descending into one of the craters is too strong, and we leave the path to pick our way through the bamboo jungle. What looks easy from afar turns out to be ridiculously tough going; at points, we're forced to swing between trees to make any headway. Hours later, we eventually make it down from the hills, arriving too late to sort accomodation. But a kindly man takes pity on us, and gives us blankets and a hut to sleep in. It's more remote than we thought; the next day we resort to hitching our way out, and back into civilisation.