An adventure for our hot new earth!
Global warming is real and upon us. Islands are sinking, world temperatures soaring, etc. And does it scare you? Are you worried for your own future? The future of your children?
Well don’t be!
Let’s watch Alison Teal surf a volcano!
That is what the Daily Mirror headline screamed and to be very fair she didn’t actually “surf” but rather bobbed on her board near a volcano. Still, brave! And picturesque! An accurate vision of our shared future maybe even! Let’s read about it!
A daredevil adventurer has become the first person to surf the base of an erupting volcano and swim within feet of flowing lava – and she did it in a bikini.
Amazing shots of the extreme surf session show Alison Teal riding her pink surfboard up to Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii as it erupted into the ocean.
Underwater photographer Perrin James snapped the brave explorer during the volcano’s first eruption since 2011, on August 3 2016.
Alison, 30, said: “This was a lifelong dream. It was humbling and breathtaking and hot.
“I was hoping to catch a wave, however, when I got in close I was hit by a spatter of hardening rock spray and I quickly ducked under water.
“I looked back and noticed a wave was coming and I paddled for my life to get out of the danger zone.
“Afterwards I was exhilarated and exhausted at the same time.
“It was absolute endorphin high, but also terrifying.
“Anything could have happened.”
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Damn. Was hoping for bit of Darwinism in action
She went to surf a wave? Complete BS; there aren’t waves there. “Look at me! I’m in a bikini, by lava that is flowing into the ocean!” Who fucking cares. I’m not gay but I’d rather watch a video of Rory in a bikini, on a little kid’s surfboard, wearing a weird hat, trying to catch a wave by the lava – now that’d be entertaining.
No waves but an excellent air wind.
Sigh – what “adventure” has come to in the age of Jackass and Johnny Bananas.
Slow news day ey Chas? Course who doesn’t love bikinis and hot lava?
Rory and Derek are both abroad… Do you write?
Not professionally, I always fancied myself as a writer. What’s funny is that when I took those career tests in school a writer came up several times as a possibility. I did excel in English class and found writing papers super easy. Why do you ask?
I was being facetious, Chas might be needing a hand…
But I see Rory hasn’t gone AWOL, new story up!
Dang, I was already bragging around that I have gotten my dream job as lead contributor for the leading surf journalism group in the US and abroad.
The Inertia presents- 10 Health Benefits from Surfing Volcanoes
Pay no attention to the Sulphur dioxide your inhaling.
Is it really good for you or something?
Seeing the crater glowing at night is well worth the trip to Hawaii.
The newest superfood
Its yummy on dried fruit. Makes a terrific acid rain.