We were headed to this very tall waterfall on the Hana side of the island and it had been raining off an on during our hike but nothing too major.
We had just crossed the creek that is fed by this waterfall and stopped to take a quick photo.
Before we could get to the pool at the bottom of the falls it became obvious it was time to get out of Dodge quickly! It was like someone turned on a spigot. All of the sudden the water volume of the falls quadrupled from rain farther up the volcano.
We had to cut that part of our trip short and head back across the creek before we got stranded by rising water. Within ten minutes of us crossing back over the creek the water level in the creek had rose by about 3 feet an was still rising.
I will be going back to this waterfall for better photos but on this day common sense prevailed, for once!
Better safe then sorry. But these two shots are also amazing, though I'm sure you will be able to get even better ones given time and safety :)
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Gotta agree with Mersad on the better safe than sorry!
ReplyDeleteI've heard about flash flodding on the Islands... Your photos sure show a big difference in flow from one shot to the next.
Smart move! I would come back to this place.
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