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    Scaling the heights

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    These men have completed their second (and final) trip for the day to the crater and back, and now receive their wages in cash – approximately 60 cents (US) per kilogram, for an average US$48 per 12km return trip. A fortune in a society where the minimum wage is around US$100 per month, but at a huge health cost. by: kithamilton Views[412] At the rim, there is time for a short rest before the 5km descent to the weighing station. At the time of my visit, there were five heroes capable of carrying a 100km load. by: kithamilton Views[387] It is an arduous 1km climb from the mine up to the rim of the crater, with the workers carrying an average load of 80kg in two baskets slung across their shoulders. by: kithamilton Views[389] Risking diseases of the lungs, heart and eyes, miners extract pure sulphur as it emerges in molten form from deep within the crater by: kithamilton Views[385] Stunted trees line the rim of the Mt Ijen crater in East Java, while sulphur-drenched volcanic fumes drift over the azure lake. by: kithamilton Views[411]
     

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