08-19-2018, 07:57 PM
alohanaia: "lava tubes...know a fellow that spent a day in a puka. He was one of the lucky ones as he was retrieved hardly worse for wear."
Interesting story. That is longstanding danger in East Hawaii; back 25 years ago there was more publicity about this danger after several hunters fell into a lava tube. Haven't heard about any incidents in quite a while, though someone in Leilani apparently fell into a deep crack not to long ago.
If the lava tubes are deep, people often get seriously injured in the fall, and there is usually no way to get out of them by yourself. Was the event you cite in the news, or discussed anywhere on the web?
Interesting story. That is longstanding danger in East Hawaii; back 25 years ago there was more publicity about this danger after several hunters fell into a lava tube. Haven't heard about any incidents in quite a while, though someone in Leilani apparently fell into a deep crack not to long ago.
If the lava tubes are deep, people often get seriously injured in the fall, and there is usually no way to get out of them by yourself. Was the event you cite in the news, or discussed anywhere on the web?