Flash floods are one of the most powerful and therefor most dangerous things you may encounter outdoors . In this terrific television , a group of hiker in Maui ’s jungle is swept away .
“ The atmospheric condition the retiring few day in Hawaii had been rainy on and off,”Renee Lusanotells us . “ We started the movement to Hana and stopped early on to do this waterfall raise squall ‘ Commando ’ . ”
“ About halfway up the 2 mile hike it started to rain , but we thought that if we arrived at the waterfall and the water was run for too fast , we could decide then not to swim . After a longer than carry hike , we pick up the waterfall and arrived at a small to intermediate flow stream . To get to the beach of the swimming hole we crossed a 6 foot wide stream of no more than knee mysterious weewee , and walked upriver just a minute to the beach . We dismantle down to our swimsuits , I blew up a floatie tube , and set up my radio-controlled aircraft . Sean and AJ mount up to the falls to prepare to pass over , and I had my drone flying overhead to get the shot of them jumping . AJ was on the rocks halfway up the fall and Sean was hanging out on a swelled rock in the middle of the stream at the top of the 30 - foot waterfall . ”
“ Then all of a sudden without warn there was an enormous spate of water come over the waterfall , it had to have been instantly 50 time as much water rush over , and the pee was flow tight . What catch my eye was the massive volume of water system at the bottom of the downslope churning over the surface of the kitty , created by the great power and volume of water system that suddenly appear . Those of us on the beach screamed to each other ‘ WHERE ’S SEAN ? ! ? ! ’ There was no other selection in my brain than that I had just attend our friend disappear and be killed , and there was nothing we could do about it . The urine was rushing to the beach like a great wafture to shore and we scrambled to grab our knapsack and photographic camera from getting washed away . ”
“ The drone was recording , and it capture the intact incident . As I climbed barefoot up the dull and easy , outrageous hillside of vines and grass and thick works stalks I clamber to press my way through while carrying my big Think Tank dawdler backpack on my back and holding my drone comptroller in one hand . Sean had reappear from going over the waterfall and was safely(ish ) on the same side of the urine as I was . ”
“ Once safely on the top of the hill , Kevin the hiker we met on the lead , decide to call 911 . The hustler was able-bodied to get his placement from GPS and verbal description and then told him “ you ’re not getting back out , quell there and we ’ll come get you ” . We waited for less than an time of day up on that mound before a eggbeater arrived , flying back and forth over the river look for us . Just as we thought they spotted us , they provide again for about 30 minutes and we fear they had n’t actually seen us . I flew my radio-controlled aircraft up and down just over the trees as I hear a helicopter in the area , just in case it might help them spot us . They were headed straight for us , with a rescue guy in a hanging basket . ”
“ The helicopter command processing overhead time felt like an enormous trailer , the wind from the propellers was so strong it felt up like it could blow us aside . I had never been in a helicopter ( much less take a drive in a basket hang from a helicopter ) . The whirlybird set down the basket and the deliverance guy jumped out and helped 2 of us into the basket at a meter . Sarah was terrorise of pop off into the eggbeater basket and went first with Kevin . When it returned just a few instant later , I climbed in with Noah , and then we were lightly countermand up and forth . I recorded the drive on my iPhone , the landscape was so lush and unripened from above , with a nasty brown river pluck through the green . I felt like I was the camera being carried on my drone , it feel amazing . The basket landed as mildly as it was lifted , right-hand to where we had parked to get our wage increase .
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