LavaMan - Man climbs erupting La Soufriere volcano to take selfies

[malaise]

https://buzz-caribbean.com/news/man-climbs-erupting-la-soufriere-volcano-to-take-selfies/

Darwin spared him this time around - what an idiot

[HipChick]

1. What an idiot..

[malaise]

5. The modern price of fame

Darwin will catch up with him soon

[DFW]

2. Talk about "playing with fire"

I’ve been to Madame Pele’s playground. Sometimes, when navigating a recent lava flow, you are walking along a layer of newly cooled solid basalt, when suddenly your foot breaks through a paper-thin crust, with a bubble of hot air about a foot deep and thousand degree molten lava beneath. To say you should tread carefully is somewhat of an understatement.

[malaise]

6. I am convinced some folks value likes more than

LIFE!

[DFW]

12. More than their feet, anyway

I walked the lava fields of Kilauea VERY slowly, and with the utmost respect. It's not nice to fool Madame Pele.

[malaise]

13. They say

Cowards have sound bones

[DFW]

15. In this case....

The foolhardy get melted bones.

[malaise]

17. Which is why I pass

I'll visit for a look in a few years

[DFW]

18. Make sure you can still handle it

My one encounter with Madame Pele was with my daughters after one of them graduated from her high school on the Big Island. It was a night trek along a vaguely outlined route provided b the National Park Service. They said bring a flashjlight and three liters of water per person. It was a 90 minute walk each way to the best night view of the flowing lava, and there was no set path possible, since the cooling lava made it a different walk every few hours. We got our first hint at the start of the trail when we saw a no parking sign--the tip of one, anyway. The first four or five feet of it were buried in solidified lava flow.

[malaise]

14. They say

Cowards have sound bones

[jcgoldie]

3. Pretty sure he's Florida man in disguise

[malaise]

8. He's now Arrested man

https://trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/la-soufriere-volcano-climber-arrested/article_9c984a16-a118-11eb-9999-cf7bf9dfa565.html
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Update

The police in St Vincent has taken into custody a man who climbed the erupting La Soufriere Volcano on Sunday, and recorded himself and another hiker.

The man, who is a tour guide, became the subject or ridicule and adulation after uploading his adventure on YouTube.

It is unclear what charges can be laid against the man, since there are no ordinances preventing the climbing of the La Soufriere, which has produced at least 30 explosive eruptions since April 9.

[samnsara]

4. years ago I went storm chasing with Geoff Mackley...'Extreme Photographer'....

....he has photographed many erupting volcanoes but he was a bit more experienced than this guy.

[malaise]

7. Better you than me

I visited Montserrat after the eruptions stopped.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. What did he have? A cell phone?

Just a thought, but if you're going to risk your life, maybe you should bring something that will take spectacular video?

[malaise]

11. LOL

I doubt he can afford more than a cell phone

[lpbk2713]

16. "Here ... hold my beer while I ... "