at 18, tildic is the youngest porter at kawah ijen. here when the miners are not working for their kids, it's their kids who work for their sick fathers. yet again, its slim pickings down here. another fire destroyed some of the stocks of sulphur. after a two-hour wait he's finally found some sulphur. but it's not very much. to complete his load he forages for pieces left by others. his baskets are loaded with 180 weight. he is able to carry them but he's waited too long on the crater floor and has ignored the fact that the gas usually invades the slope more in the afternoon. this young guy is part of the new generation. one that will take over from the old miners who still believe in dragons and spirits. such as these men who go to the bottom of the crater carrying the head of a goat they've sacrificed. to be sure that the kawah ijen will not become angry, every year they offer it this present. for two hundred years, the sulphur workers have been taking the dangerous paths at kawah ijen and the volcano remains as active as ever. to su