08-12-2011, 02:01 PM
Every time you enter any very delicate eco-system, like a rarely entered lava tube, "you" (all of us) will disturb it. Most people do not realize just how easy it is to permanently alter cave systems, just breathing in them kills things that have lived there for potentially thousands of years (in this Islands lava tubes) Many locals will tell that the lava tubes are KAPU as many of the ancients bones were often burried down inside the tubes, So if you wouldn't feel cool about a bunch of people tromping around and exploring your ancestors graveyards you may consider sticking to the tourist tubes that are already breathed in, tromped, littered and damaged beyond repair.