Oh god, bike race at 14,000 feet, hahaha that sounds horrible, everyone would die! XD
I agree! I used to love trail running on Mānoa Cliff Trail on O'ahu... narrow, strewn with rocks and roots, perpetually slick with mud, perched on the very very edge of a sheer cliff dropping into Mānoa Valley, no safety considerations of any sort, and there I go, hurtling down the path at a swift run, trying not to die. It was super fun!
But yeah, there are a lot of trails like that in the park. The Park Service is actually very safety conscious, but it would be impossible to fence off every one of the thousands of steam vents and earth cracks and craters and skylights, and plus it would totally ruin the wilderness experience. It's definitely a 'hold onto your children, stay on the trails, obey the safety signs, and don't be a fucking idiot' kind of park. ...I'm pretty sure I qualified for 'fucking idiot' on Thursday... but I did stay on the trail!
...COME VISIT ME I WILL TAKE YOU HIKING IN THE NATIONAL PARK IT WILL BE ENJOYABLE I KNOW ALL THE BEST TRAILS. :D Also we have lots of topography here, I know how much you enjoy that. ; )
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Date: 2012-06-09 07:05 pm (UTC)I agree! I used to love trail running on Mānoa Cliff Trail on O'ahu... narrow, strewn with rocks and roots, perpetually slick with mud, perched on the very very edge of a sheer cliff dropping into Mānoa Valley, no safety considerations of any sort, and there I go, hurtling down the path at a swift run, trying not to die. It was super fun!
But yeah, there are a lot of trails like that in the park. The Park Service is actually very safety conscious, but it would be impossible to fence off every one of the thousands of steam vents and earth cracks and craters and skylights, and plus it would totally ruin the wilderness experience. It's definitely a 'hold onto your children, stay on the trails, obey the safety signs, and don't be a fucking idiot' kind of park. ...I'm pretty sure I qualified for 'fucking idiot' on Thursday... but I did stay on the trail!
...COME VISIT ME I WILL TAKE YOU HIKING IN THE NATIONAL PARK IT WILL BE ENJOYABLE I KNOW ALL THE BEST TRAILS. :D Also we have lots of topography here, I know how much you enjoy that. ; )