Amazing moment, a Hawaiian adventurer climbs a 25-foot deep crevasse of a LIVING volcano to rescue a dog that has fallen and fallen
- Kavika Singson, a Hawaiian adventurer, was filmed climbing a 25-foot volcanic eruption to rescue a dog that was trapped there for two days.
- The dog had a GPS tracker on it and Singson can be heard saying in the video, which was used by its owner to help find his exact location in the crack.
- The dog, named Malka, had fallen about 25 feet below surface level and was trapped for two days.
- Singson is a well-known Hawaiian figure who has photographed volcanic eruptions on the island over the years.
A Hawaiian adventurer was filmed climbing a 25-foot volcanic eruption to rescue a dog that had been trapped there for two days.
Kawika Singson is known on the island for approaching volcanoes – usually to take an amazing picture of an eruption.
So when a dog disappeared and was tracked by its GPS collar to a rift in the Kilauea volcano on the island of Hilo, it was the first call to rescue the animal.
“I received a text about a dog that fell into a volcanic fissure deep in the tropical rainforest, so I did the 100-kilometer drive to try to help save the dog,” he said on YouTube after posting the footage.
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Kavika Singson, pictured, took pictures of the heroic rescue of a dog trapped in a fissure caused by a nearby volcano and posted it on YouTube.
Pictured: Small, the dog was trapped inside the crack for two days before being rescued
Footage from Singson’s head camera shows him repelling for a while before reaching the whining dog
The dog, named Malka, belongs to a teenager named Cody only and was trapped two days before Singson’s arrival.
Singson met Cody and other rescuers at the entrance to the volcanic vent and armed with climbing equipment, Singson began to descend – risking sudden high temperatures and toxic gases.
Footage from Singson’s head camera shows him repelling for a while before reaching for a whining dog hiding between several stone slabs that initially shrinks.
He grabs the pet by the collar before securing it in a seat belt and slowly climbs up the tight crack to the crew waiting on top.
The dog, hidden between several rock slabs, initially shrinks from Singson when he tries to reach him
He grabs the pet by the collar before securing it in the seat belt and slowly climbs up the tight crack to the crew waiting on top.
Eventually, Singson led the dog out through the vent before following him
Kilauea: one of the most active volcanoes in the world
Kilauea is the youngest and most active Hawaiian shield volcano that has been erupting continuously for more than three decades.
Can be found on the Big Island of Hawaii, on the southeastern slope of Mauna Loa, Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park
Kilauea is one of Hawaii’s top 5 active volcanoes, including Loihi, Mauna Loa, Hualalai and Haleakala.
The US Geological Survey estimates that the first eruption of Kilauea occurred between 300,000 and 600,000 years ago
Its current eruption began on January 3, 1983 and was called Pu’u’O’o
Eventually, Singson led the dog out through the vent before following him.
Fortunately, the dog remained unharmed despite falling 25 feet and two days without food or water.
“Another happy ending,” Singson told the camera. “We got Maca out of this hole”
Singson is a well-known figure in Hawaii who has photographed volcanic eruptions on the island over the years.
In 2013, he withstood the intense heat of a lava flow and allowed himself to be set on fire to place this photo on top of a Hawaiian volcano.
Then the photographer stood on a thin layer of rock just inches above the magma and it was so hot that his tripod and shoes were lit.
In 2015, the photographer of extreme landscapes overcame the stormy waters during a short period of calm and managed to capture the eruption of Kilauea volcano in all its glory.
The stunning footage – taken somewhere between Waikupanaha and Hawaii Volcano National Park off the coast of the Big Island – is almost therapeutic to watch a fiery liquid sink underwater, where it will turn to earth.
And a year later, he removed the remains of bombs dropped on the Mauna Loa volcano in an attempt to divert lava and protect the nearby town of Hilo.
The wreckage was part of a group of 40 bombs dropped on the large island of Hawaii just two days after Christmas in 1935, the first time bomb bombs were used in Hawaii to divert lava.
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