at 52, sadji can no longer work. he is sick. only the massages his wife gives him manage to temporarily relieve the pain in his body. the former miner has lost everything, his health and his work. now it's up to tildic the eldest son to support the family. he too has become a sulphur convict. 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 bot