TMT Work to Resume Says Ige!

[PunaMauka2]

i suppose there has long been a somewhat universal tendency to correlate an actual physically elevated position with elevated status, variously symbolizing a hierarchy of importance anywhere from spiritual to political in nature.

examples abound - relative position of flags on a pole, religious symbolism and architecture, prostrating oneself in the presence of royalty ...even as anecdotally evidenced right here on Punaweb today by special bloodlines traced directly to the highest of royalty - quote "(our ohana is of Keopuolani, who King Kamehameha I could only approach on his knees. Her father was Kîwala'o, King of Hawai'i island. Just saying)".

i'm sure any especially vaulted spiritual status attributed to Mauna Kea also relates in part to it's physical elevation, which naturally has some awe-inspiring effect. i'd imagine the rather epic nature of journeying many miles by foot to such a harsh physical environment above the clouds would invoke a profound sense of the divinely sacred, especially for our predecessors who actually lived in a subsistence society strictly inhabited by gods and goddesses free from the trappings of modern science, such as journeying atop Mauna Kea today by private motor vehicle with emergency services and modern medical care backup available.