More Kilauea inconsistencies and bad advice
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Claim: The Kilauea episode is full of inconsistencies and bad advice
lumbee1 (Bryan Lowry, of www.lavapix.com) on the Discovery forum writes[1]:
All you learned was the best ways to possibly die out there. I've been hiking out there for 15 years and I know the area better than most anyone. You stay in the open if you're lost and wave to one of the dozens of tour helicopters. To get to where he started his so called hike would require either 6 miles of uphill hiking gaining 2300' in elevation (no trails) or 15 miles of miserable cross country hiking. Never go into the forest if you're lost, and certainly do not climb into an old lava tube in the forest for any reason. Who's ever going to find you if you fall?
Lava flows downhill just like water. Follow the smoking tube system to the coast. Your shoes would ignite like his only if the rest of your body was also burning. Meaning, that kind of heat is impossible to come close to. Can you just walk into a fire? I've hiked across mile wide sections of flowing lava and yes, your feet get really hot but, your shoes glue starts melting and smoking long before they burn. Even at that point your skin is starting to burn. You just can't stop and stand around, and of course don't fall. Better to just stay off of it. The proper way to cross a thin roofed tube system is to head uphill until you find a cooler area. The tubes generally become deeper as you gain elevation. Thus, cooler at the surface. Don't stomp to see if it collapses. Never take your socks off to use as gloves!! The sharp lava shards get into your shoe/boots and then shred your feet. It would be easier to walk with cut hands than cut feet. Duh!
What you're not aware of is that wasn't one continuous hike. They showed several locations in and out of the park that are 10+ miles apart. You would have to be a complete idiot to get lost out there. I hike at night all of the time and I still can't get lost. The location where he was dropped is only about 5-6 miles from the ranger's hut at the ocean. One bottle of water would be rough, but not impossible. Tourists don't get up that far because it's just too far of a hike and climb.
I carry 2 gallons of water on my long hikes (15-20 miles) and I have water and food stashed all over the area.
I could on and on. How do I know all of this? bllumbee.googlepages.com [2]
