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Doc’s ‘Lost’ In Hawaii Files Part Two - Risking their lives for you

Lost News — October 23, 2007 at 7:46 am by TabulaRasa

The one big learning from my trip to Oahu is this:  The Lost cast and crew are willing to put their lives in danger to bring you the best possible locations.   Seriously, some of the locations are nearly unreachable, and a few pack some pretty serious dangers.   Take the Lana’i Lookout coast.  This is the beautiful  yet bizarre patch of eroded lava coastline where Desmond killed Kelvin.  When you arrive you are greeted by this sign:

And believe me, this isn’t just window dressing.  My host from Lost Virtual Tour warns me to lookout for loose sand, slip on that stuff and you’ll keep going.  But the scariest danger is the waves.  My buddy from LVT tells me to be mindful of wet spots, those are areas where waves have surged, and they come with enough retractable force to pull you back into the ocean.  Think the danger is overstated?  Check out this tale of doom.   Shorediving.com says this about the location: "Lana’i Lookout is not for the faint of heart. It is for ‘extreme divers’ only. Fortunately, not too many novices find their way to this extremely challenging spot."

Death at locations like this are all too common an occurrence.  But the Lost crew, and your ever intrepid DocArzt, are undaunted.  That’s right folks, I hopped the barrier.

Once over the rock wall that separates the steep shoreline from the parking, you need to remain vigilant for the patches of black sand.  My friend from LVT brushes his shoe back and forth in a patch to demonstrate.  It’s not actual beach sand,  it’s eroded lava rock.  When you hold it in your hand it resembles tiny rounded pebbles.   Indeed, as I make my way down, I ‘roll’ forward on a few occasions.  A full out fall could carry you right into the water.


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Once you are down there, the sense that you are standing in the very location where Desmond offed Kelvin is dwarfed by the natural beauty of the coastline.  It is a moment of Lost geekism wrapped in a rare moment of awe.



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From the shoreline looking back, you can get a sense for how inhospitable the terrain is.  There are easier ways up, and down, of course, but make no doubt about it, the Lost guys definitely endured some serious risks to bring you this iconic locale.


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When you enlarge the picture above, you can can see that the dangerous slippery sand is everywhere.  Being a certified diver myself, I’ve hung out with some of the ‘extreme’ types that shore diving refers to.  You would definitely need to be crazy to scuttle your butt all the way down.


A big thanks to Lost Virtual Tour for bringing me to this location, if you have not visited their site you definitely should.  And to this credit, he navigated the terrain like it was his back yard!  Granted it was to some degree, but without his confidence and adept navigation I probably couldn’t have done it.  Scary stuff.

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