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Fire was kept going most of night by one or another member of party. Started rain again at earliest day breaks & everybody almost automatically got up to prepare for breakfast and the march back; You know it takes pretty good light to see what's what of rough terrain, [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] fractured lava blocks in all directions, up in frequent mounds & dykes, with unexpected holes deeper than ones leg at times & enough to break your leg; smaller [[strikethrough]][[?]] [[/strikethrough]] holes too got my toes bent up so sharply in one that a thought my foot had gotten pressed into V. shape; & it hurt for quite [[strikethrough]]awhile[[/strikethrough]]a bit but one did not have much time to think of hurts or cuts scratches, cactus spines or thorns; for if your attention flagged a mere moment you might miss your footing, trip over a vine, or [[strikethrough]]ru[[/strikethrough]] brush too closely against a cactus.