{"id":9019,"date":"2012-12-03T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=9019"},"modified":"2012-12-01T10:17:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T17:17:48","slug":"helpless-female-visits-la-perouse-bay-in-maui-with-wild-greg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/helpless-female-visits-la-perouse-bay-in-maui-with-wild-greg\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpless Female Visits La Perouse Bay in Maui with Wild Greg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The lava fields along La Perouse Bay in Maui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What would a tropical island be without lava?<\/strong>\u00a0 But, I prefer my lava served cold. \u00a0They have some of that out on the most southwestern corner of Maui, along La Perouse Bay. \u00a0Wild Greg had previously checked it out and decided it would be a good place to test my limits of interacting with uncertainty. \u00a0We did that for the first time two years ago. \u00a0This year we returned with other willing victims, and still some uncertainty for me, because Wild Greg is, well… unpredictable.<\/em><\/p>\n

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tour members on La Perouse Bay adventure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It doesn’t help any that there were oodles of warning signs at the trail head<\/strong>. \u00a0Even if most of the cautions are about not altering the environment, it gave the place an air of danger. \u00a0The wind was howling, and acres of sharp rock in the-purposed-area-of-exploration suggested tribal burial grounds. \u00a0There were a few other groups of hikers,\u00a0but I knew from experience, that we would probably go well beyond the last traces of human life we found.<\/em><\/p>\n

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warning signs at La Perouse Bay trail head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You would think I would have been comforted by the fact that we were on a relatively small island.<\/strong> \u00a0I’d been there several times. \u00a0I had the shape and basic layout memorized. \u00a0I knew my way “around” it. \u00a0That is, I knew how to find places on the map. \u00a0Put me out in the middle of a million rocks and I am bound to lose my sense of direction. \u00a0Tell me to turn this way and that to look at various scenes along the way, and I am at your mercy. \u00a0Put me in the middle of a bunch of wild goats, and who knew which way I’d run. \u00a0I knew the goats were coming…. \u00a0<\/em>I know, there was an ocean on one side. \u00a0But I’m sure I could get just a short ways in from that and get\u00a0get completely lost.<\/a><\/p>\n

This is not a place that I was ready to go bare footed in.<\/strong> \u00a0It was more important that I be able to keep up with my guide, so I wore my RunAMocs.<\/a> \u00a0This increased my sure footedness much more than last time, when I had worn regular athletic shoes. \u00a0I also felt lighter, like I might actually be able to give the goats a run for their money. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0<\/em>I at least had a supply of water that could be stretched to last a few hours and I’d been increasing my running mileage lately. \u00a0I held my completely touristy, floppy hat securely on my head. \u00a0It could be used as a tent in an emergency. \u00a0It’s good to have a plan.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Helpless Female being lead along La Perouse Bay in Maui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the other group members quickly fell into the roll of fellow conspirator with Wild Greg.<\/strong>\u00a0 They would nonchalantly wander over to high points of rock prominences where waves crashed. \u00a0Obviously, no sense of gravity. \u00a0All I have to do is be 10 feet from a ledge and I’m likely to fall over the side.<\/em> \u00a0Okay, no, I haven’t tested this theory, but it’s what I FEEL\u00a0<\/em>like anywhere<\/em> near a precipice of greater than two feet. \u00a0I figure, if my balance is dissipating that far from the edge, I shouldn’t go any closer!<\/p>\n

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Wild Greg finds highest point of rock to stand on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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blow hole through lava tunnel early in the hike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Out in the middle of a wide expanse of lava, there were a couple of enclosures. <\/strong>\u00a0We had many theories about these. We worked out so many potential scenarios, we should probably write a couple of novels. \u00a0Maybe these were built to keep prisoners. \u00a0Possibly, they were lookouts for invaders. \u00a0 It could have been lodging during fishing season. \u00a0It is conceivable that animals were corralled there. \u00a0Or perchance, the locals built them to give the tourists something to talk about?<\/em><\/p>\n

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rock box enclosure was a mystery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had heard that Maui authorities were trying to cull the herds of wild goats. <\/strong>\u00a0From what we saw, they hadn’t made much progress. \u00a0There were mama goats, baby goats, and fierce looking billy goats. \u00a0The shoulders of the males may have only come up to my waist (visual estimate, we were never closer than 20 feet)<\/em>, but the combination of the horns and the forbidding stare gave me chills. \u00a0I could learn a few things about intimidation from those fellows. \u00a0I tended to walk quickly through that section, trying to appreciate the cuteness of the little goats, without letting the papas know.<\/p>\n

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The goats heading casually away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last people we saw were sitting on a little sandy beach drinking their mai tais. \u00a0<\/strong>I think they had picked what they thought was the most remote location possible. \u00a0Ha! \u00a0They didn’t have my tour guide. \u00a0But apparently even he can only look at so many rocks. \u00a0After finding a very remote memorial to two men who had died trying to surf there, we headed back to more civilized places.<\/p>\n

Another Wild Greg adventure under my belt and I lived to tell about it<\/strong>! \u00a0So far, he has a good record, and I may consider another tour in the future. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Wild Greg urging me along at the beginning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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