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We were hot, exhausted, and relieved that we had made it to the top. On the Pacific side of the crater is where the cult of the Birdman, a successor to the maoi, originated. The ritual was an annual competition where a young man would swim the terrifying waters across to several small islets off the coast to capture the first egg of the season and return it to the cave of his chief here near Rana Kau.