Sanity had become an issue here on Earth’s largest mountain, Mauna Loa.

Mauna Loa is the most massive mountain on the face of the Earth, rising from 40,000 feet below the gently rolling waves of the Pacific Ocean to 13,000 feet above it. The mountain is so massive that it depresses the sea floor for over three miles. The best thing about the mountain’s size is that it’s easy to find.

“Where you heading?”

“Dreams of maniacal molten lava boiling the air, leaving everything in a red glow, filled my subconscious. ”

When the driver of the rust colored vibrating pick-up truck had rolled down his window I was met with the musky odor of a recently smoked doobie.

“Up there.”

I answered with an air of self-worth and pointed up to where the long gentle grade of the island met the clouds.

“You smoke?”

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