Posted on 05/03/2019 6:18:02 AM PDT by sodpoodle
A man has been injured after he fell into the caldera of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island, according to officials. The man fell from a 300-foot cliff after climbing over a permanent metal railing at the Steaming Bluff overlook to get closer to the edge, according to a press release from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. He was rescued by park rangers. (MORE: Satellite images show effects of Kilauea volcano's latest eruption on Hawaii's Big Island) Another visitor reported that the man had fallen around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Search-and-rescue crews found him alive but seriously injured on a narrow ledge about 70 feet down from the cliff around 9 p.m., officials said. The 32-year-old man, whose name has not been released, is an active soldier in the U.S. Army, officials said. His unit was on the island for field training at Pohakuloa Training Area. Visitors should never cross safety barriers, especially around dangerous and destabilized cliff edges. Rescue crews were able to extract him from the ledge using ropes and a helicopter from the Department of Defense, according to the park. He was then airlifted to Hilo Medical Center for urgent care. (MORE: 'They're all gone,' woman says of family members lost in aftermath of Guatemala volcano eruption) A caldera is a cauldron-shaped hollow that forms after a large volume of magma erupts in a short period of time. Last year, a series of eruptions at the Kilauea volcano prompted widespread evacuations in the surrounding areas. Kilauea is one of five volcanoes on the Big Island and is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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When falling from a volcano, try to fall the other way.
any chances heºs from florida ¿?
“Originally from the Atlas Mountains and the Rif Mountains of Morocco, the Barbary macaque population in Gibraltar is the only wild monkey population on the European continent”
Reminds me of the time when our ship stopped at Gibraltar. While on a tour at the top one of our Marines tried to feed one of the apes. The ape grabbed his hat and threw it over the cliff. The Marine grabbed the ape and threw it after the hat. Needless to say the Marine was in real trouble.
He is lucky he is not liquid.
Remember that guy who got too close (passed signs saying stay out of course) to the Acidic Hot Spring in Yellowstone.
Pay attention to warning signs.
Holy cow. That must have hurt.
It's worse when Xenu throws you into the volcano!
Probable finding will be NLOD/DOM - not in line of duty, due to own misconduct. Or should be.
Colonel, USAF (ret)
Hat idea! A red hat with just “MAGMA” on it. Let the libs go wild with that one! Trigger city!
You idiot.
Those hats say MAGA not MAGMA.
Wife: “Clevis, you show off, why didn’t you just throw a rock off the edge like the rest of us?”
“I HATE it when I fall off a cliff into a volcano caldera..
Makes for kind of a sucky day.”
That’s almost as bad as spending the day with a nagging mother in law.
...fell from a 300-foot cliff after climbing over a permanent metal railing at the Steaming Bluff overlook to get closer to the edge
It's okay, apparently it was the last thing on his bucket list.
Yup. He climbed over a permanent metal railing.
The idiot should be billed for the cost of rescuing him.
The training isn't working.
Did he think he was returning the “One Ring” to the fires of Mt. Doom?
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