AFTERWORDFrom the Journal of Thomas Jessup
“The explosion of my famous guano bomb was heard three miles from where we broke out. The side of Nelson’s Hill overlooking the northeast shore of Lake Natacomo exploded, and a geyser of dirt, rocks, roots, and small trees and brush shot up several hundred feet. Old Man Nelson said it looked as if some enemy plane had dropped a big bomb.
“A great to-do was made about our miraculous survival and our ingenious way of breaking out. International press reporters came down here and interviewed us and took our pictures. Another writer is doing our story for a big adventure magazine which is paying Matt and me each $650. Mr. Fuller is including the complete story in his history of the Natacomo Cave Club Grotto, and he says it’s one of the epic adventur
