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Why would you risk your life visiting a volcano?

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4 years ago
You don't think you're risking your life. You think the tour company wouldn't take you somewhere unsafe. We do it because we crave experiences beyond shopping & swimming. However, over 10 years ago a kiwi told us not to visit White Island because it was too dangerous. We didn't.

We climbed Mt Yasur in Vanuatu instead. During the visit we were told a tourist died there recently. After the tour we discovered the volcano was level 3 & the monitoring body had closed it, but the resort owner shrugged & said 'you'd already left for the visit'. I learnt then that a a dollar is worth more than risk to some operators. So now I do my own research.

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4 years ago
I will add it was awesome & I'd do it again!

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4 years ago
Ditto

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4 years ago
I think after the events of last week there will be no more tours to that particular volcano

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4 years ago
Nope. The mayor has already said he wants it reopened because it's too important to the local economy. People have short memories & the story will fade because money talks louder than safety. It's erupted many times before, just not with people on it.

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4 years ago
Play in traffic

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4 years ago
I'm pretty sure they didn't know it was going to erupt. You can't put your life on hold for 'what ifs'

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4 years ago
I more so think, why should people risk their lives retrieving the body of these people. Completely different when you are just going about your day and there is a mass earth quake for example and people come to rescue, but going to a volcano entails risks, same as the ones who climb the mountains etc. and in those cases, I don't think the body should be retrieved if it's such high risk. Yes its sad for the families, but then do they expect someone else to lose their dad etc for their child's body? I realise the people who go in to these situations are passionate about helping people and what they do and know the risks, still, I think it should be a needs only basis. E.g. someone is alive. Also the money involved to run these retrievals for a body seems ridiculous. Sounds cold, but they did a high risk activity. Not a random tragedy that struck unknowingly when going about day to day business. If it were my dad or brother, while the cliche statement is 'he died doing what he loved....' I as the family member would be seething that I lost them for retrieving a dead body. And at the families crying for their child's dead body. Sounds cold but I'm very honest about my feelings and love my fam as much as the ones crying over their loved ones body LOL I'm sadly not one of those generous people that would think 'it's OK, I lost my dad who was retrieving a dead body of someone who put themselves in a risky situation.... but at least he died doing what he loved...'.

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4 years ago
In retrospect it's easy to say no. But hundreds of people visit these places with no incident.
We put a lot of faith in those monitoring seismic activity and weather predictions, we are in denial about what could happen, we are busy with everyday life.
How many people have visited volcanoes, done dangerous and extreme activities and sports, not prepared their properties for fire, not packed emergency bags, travelled without the recommended vaccinations, risked driving after a few drinks? I would argue we've all taken risks that could have ended badly.

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4 years ago
I have. It was a great experience. Not many can say they've done that.

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4 years ago
No one local ever agreed with it. There is a Maori myth that even relates to no one going near it. I would never ever

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4 years ago
I don’t think people think like that. It was in a brochure for a shore excursion for an international cruise ship. People assume it’s safe because there is a tour guide and lots of other people going.
The tour ship assumes it’s safe because there are local tour operations being allowed.