08-02-2016, 11:13 AM
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Originally posted by bananahead
funny how some people here defend a guy that bragged about breaking the law, and tried to promote it too...
but then again he also crosses the active lava flow so is not that bright to begin with...
aloha
might want to check this story out
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/22906...at-kilauea
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
Crossing an active lava flow is not without risk. However, after many, many hikes to the lava flows over the last 15 years, and many conversations with volcanologists, park rangers and other experienced lava hikers I have learned how to minimize those risks. And believe it or not, I am bright enough to have never had a problem doing it. You have to know when and where. Hard for your superior intelligence to believe, I'm sure.
I was hardly bragging or promoting “breaking the law”. I was simply offering an alternative to what seems like an unnecessary restriction on the use of the road built with taxpayer money. It wasn’t as if I put people’s lives at risk by parking there.
My previous hikes were from the designated parking area. Upon my return, I noticed many cars parked there without tickets. It was then that I realized that I could escort a friend to the lava flow. A friend who would not have been able to make the 8 mile hike, but probably would be able to do the 4 miles. So I took them out for what was probably the last time in their lives they would get to see active lava. And no, we didn’t cross the flow on that night. In fact we never went off the road, so my friend did not get to see the ocean entry.
Thank you for assuming the best.