"Hiking the Na Pali Coast" Day Two starring Bahia

[AK47ENT]

the girl is beautiful and i liked that she planted that seed most girls are more into shopping a nd sheet(:

[AK47ENT]

the girl is beautiful and i liked that she planred that seed most girls are more into shopping a nd sheet(:

[f1r9a4c9is]

You know, it is all good and I am glad you enjoy the Na Pali.

I am going to "sign off' after this.

The whole trash thing....I don't get the people who take the time and effort to hike out there and then dump shit. It's like "what an awesome view and let me toss my Pepsi can into it for a little added color!

Aloha David

PS- I have climbed out on that same point....dumb but exhilarating!

[DavidLakota]

Well said. And yes, we packed out a lot of trash. There's still a bunch at six mile though. Any ideas of how to get it out of there?

[f1r9a4c9is]

Bro' you just might be too metaphysical for me, in the 60's I might have leaned another way. I get the "harmony" of the Mother Nature thing but you may have smoked too much "Mota" to be rational.

You and your girl "spoke" to Mother Nature (Pachamama) and "she" guided you through the dark, "told" you it was ok to plant some offering and then "she" probably saved your girls ass from falling 800 ft to her death just before Hanakoa. I assume "she" also instructed you on how to pack out your trash.

[DavidLakota]

What you are saying is "responsible". It is the "right" way. It is the "legal" way.. To do otherwise is illegal and as you said, "irresponsible". Yet, you have to go a little deeper than convention to understand what is going on and why. If Mother Nature is a personification of a figure and not a real entity, than I am crazy and foolish and irresponsible and you are an astute educator. However, if Mother Nature is real and speaks to those who listen, then perhahs YOU are missing the point.

[meathead76]

I agree that planting things along the trail isn't cool, whether you think you asked Mother Nature or not.

[DavidLakota]

I understand some think it isn't cool to plant things along the trail. However, from my perspective it is not too cool to be so completely dependent upon a self-destructive system of excessive consumerism. We need to learn to take care of ourselves. Regarding the planting of anything in the natural world, and the harvesting of any animal, plant or tree, it is cool to ask. Do you ask Mother Nature for the food and the shelter and all the resources you consume? Do you ask her for anything?

[meathead76]

I think you are missing the point. Regardless of how you think you are communicating with a figure personified as "Mother Nature" and assuming that you think she gave you permission to do this, planting a seed along the trail in hopes that it may make someone's day in five months is unnecessary and silly. Posting a video which could encourage other people to do the same is just irresponsible.

[DavidLakota]

Yeah, hiking in the dark, no problem... just have to be careful... drinking out of the streams and planting seemingly non-native plants... only direct communication and cooperation with Mother Nature and the Aina will do for that. I always ask, or almost always, before doing anything that may affect nature or the ecology is an an adverse way. Thanks for the comments.

[f1r9a4c9is]

Bro; hiking the trail in the dark, drinking straight out of the stream and planting non-native plants!?

I am surprised "in the name of adventure" that you didn't take a swim at Hanakapi'ai, the surf looked "perfect!"

[DavidLakota]

Ahh, Hanakapi'ai... I go for a swim there every time I hike the trail. Yeah it's dangerous and the rip tide can suck you out to open ocean then bash ya against the rocks or drown ya, but it's still not as dangerous as getting in a car and driving on the highway. A person dies every second in a car crash. There have only been 84 deaths at Hanakapi'ai.

[DavidLakota]

When and if Mother Nature gives her blessing for you to do something, it is rather irrelevant whether someone else thinks it is silly, unnecessary or irresponsible. It is up to each person to decide whether what they are doing in life is in alignment with Nature's way. "Rules are for fools." and thank God for rules.

[HungryHillboy]

What was the seed Bahia planted?

Thanks, Nice Video!

[oarv]

The Trial is beautiful....inside ourselves or outside. Nice Job to understand how it works at our private journey.