Survivor of Indonesia's Marapi eruption says will never hike again

Tita Cahyani rests while receiving treatment at a regional hospital in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra. - Reuters

PADANG PANJANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Tita Cahyani is lucky to be alive. The 24-year-old first-time hiker was on her way down from the peak of Indonesia's Marapi volcano when it started to spew acrid smoke, rocks and ash in an eruption that ultimately killed 23 climbers.

"I'm scared and I don't want to do it again," said Cahyani, who is being treated for extensive burns at a hospital in Padang Panjang, a city in Western Sumatra province around 40 km (25 miles) from the volcano.