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Snæfell at Last

           "Hastigt!hastigt!"criedourguide.

           WithoutknowingDanishIunderstoodatoncethatwemustfollowHansatthetopofourspeed.Hebegantocircleroundtheconeofthecrater,butinadiagonaldirectionsoastofacilitateourprogress.Presentlytheduststormfelluponthemountain,whichquiveredundertheshock;theloosestones,caughtwiththeirresistibleblastsofwind,flewaboutinaperfecthailasinaneruption.Happilywewereontheoppositeside,andshelteredfromallharm.Butfortheprecautionofourguide,ourmangledbodies,tornandpoundedintofragments,wouldhavebeencarriedafarliketheruinshurledalongbysomeunknownmeteor.

           YetHansdidnotthinkitprudenttospendthenightuponthesidesofthecone.Wecontinuedourzigzagclimb.Thefifteenhundredremainingfeettookusfivehourstoclear;thecircuitousroute,thediagonalandthecountermarches,musthavemeasuredatleastthreeleagues.Icouldstanditnolonger.Iwasyieldingtotheeffectsofhungerandcold.Therarefiedairscarcelygaveplaytotheactionofmylungs.

           Atlast,ateleveninthesunlightnight,thesummitofSnæfellwasreached,andbeforegoinginforshelterintothecraterIhadtimetoobservethemidnightsun,athislowestpoint,gildingwithhispaleraystheislandthatsleptatmyfeet.

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