South of Tri

Another beautifully long day in Paradise. Started down at the beach at 0630 as seemingly every athlete in the area was jostling for access to the swim start bottleneck known as Dig-Me Beach. It was crowded. Managed to squeeze in a photo-shoot with the Mojo rig on Alii Dr.

After that is was a quick cuppa joe and off to the Expo. As a result of Tuesday's footage review and some serious marketing projections, we decided that I could best use my time by capturing more footage, so off towards the Volcanoes National Park I sped. One hundred twisty, one-lane miles later I was navigating up the mountain with parted gray skies and tally light flashing red.

An amazing place, light, flora, volcanic floes, and a snaky, twisting, narrowing path that relentlessly arcs in one direction. The new cam was tested to the max, passing the big three with high-resolution, hyper-pixilated colors. The three thugs that test any shoot are:

1) Available light
2) Point of view, depth perception on turns
3) Response to rain

The 12 miles up Mauna Loa Road took 44 minutes. I will have more of the footage up tonight and you can see for yourself the results. But for today, here is a quick three minute sampler of Part Two: The Return from Hawi, South Point (as far South as you can get in the US) and The Volcanoes National Park and the summit of the ML Road. Hope you see what all the excitement is about.

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