It was a full SAS mission with roadblocks, search points and animals to dog in pitch black.' The air is poisonous.'Īfter their return, the group posted photos of their trip online, saying: 'We had to cover to sneak round the army and police. It's madness, everything is black with ash, everything is dead. 'Miles long and miles wide of just molten lava as far as your eyes can see. Since the authorities started investigating, the 'lava louts' have boasted about being wanted by police Rocks crashed around them and they finally decided to abandon their ambitious rescue mission. At this point we were taking cover under what was left of the burnt trees that still stood standing on the volcano itself, just to get out of the ash fall. 'Everytime the volcano erupted, heavy ash rained down from the sky burning any bare skin it hit. 'Obviously unprepared for the real danger we were in, we wrapped T-shirts around our faces and ventured up the hill towards the erupting volcano core! He said: 'The air was was thick like bleach or something, you couldn't breathe it in, we were all choking on it. He said they posed for occasional photos whenever they saw an eruption, describing the scenes as 'hell on earth'.Īfter four hours they arrived at the base of the volcano where the ground was trembling beneath their feet, according to Seb. They stayed on the roads but struggled to find any dogs but were then startled to be confronted by torches being shone in their faces by the Spanish patrols
