>>719908670
the result:
yes you can go into the lava with golden bing bong and float all the way to the top, as long as you aim all the way up the whole time to avoid dipping them into the lava. i floated up and then went back down to see if you could dip and destroy even if they are in your hands and the answer is yes, so just aim up the whole way.
the bad part is this is REALLY boring; you are skipping the most exciting part of the game this way, and if you are able to carry a weight handicap up the mesa then you should have no problem beating the kiln unless you have literally no food or tools, but if that was the case how did you make it up the mesa to begin with?
in any case, the lava floats almost to the top, where the last very easy rocks are plentiful, so you should be able to hold S until you find an incline somewhere and climb up from there. you probably don't even need a pandora's lunchbox, but it could be handy to pack one with you in your hotbar in case something goes wrong.
if you do this in multiplayer you also risk everyone starving to death waiting for your fat ass to reach the top, but it might be worth it if everyone has a lot of food and the guy carrying the idol is too shit at the game to make it up without dying.