Constant rainfall on the Windward side lead us to regroup and gather on the North Shore side for a short and rather as it turns out eventful hike.

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Is it a beach day or hike day? Some of us enjoyed the morning surf while we situated the parking location.

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The pants showed us the way.

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Extinguishing the engine block fire. It would help if it was properly pressurized.

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Inspecting what we initially thought was aircraft wreckage, but gathered it was just industrial remnants.

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Do we follow the man-made rock wall or the indistinct trail to the right?

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What says Allison “Bloodhound” Banks?

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Pushing our way through the overgrown California grass fields, which are invasive and crowds out the native ecosystem.

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Following the dry streambed.

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Explorers in search of an adventure.

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There was still a short stretch of rock hopping to get to bigger rocks.

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A couple of us climbed up the rock slab. We’ll leave the bouldering to the professionals.

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This area of scattered rocks, large and small, are called Green Boulders for obvious reasons.

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The others checked out the “skylight” area of the jumbled rocks that are the playground of boulderers.

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CB standing on one of many green boulders.

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Jeremy approaching the moistened wall at the back of the valley.

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Group photo at the back of the wall that we estimated to be around 150′ give or take.

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We all wondered what it would look like when the water was flowing. Well, thanks to Edgar using AI, we don’t have to wonder anymore. Pretty soon, we won’t need to hike anymore. We can just have AI create our hiking trips in the future.

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I need a couple of crash dummies. That didn’t end well.

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Some kids finally realized their dream of being a firefighter. Well, the sliding down the pole part at least.

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Has everybody got the rock climbing out of their system? I guess not.

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Any documented fall that ends with a smile can’t be all that bad.

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Stretching it out with a little help from pills of ibuprofen. Never leave home without it.

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Can you see the heart for Dale?

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We took the more graded way out with a liberal sprinkling of flags to mark the trail.

All pau

Our exploratory hike into the gulch didn’t even break two miles but was filled with enough rock climbing to shake a back at. Fun hike that ended rather well given the circumstances with solid friends that made it possible. Post hike meal at Ribs and Pho for those not directionally challenged. Is this a knockoff of Saito and Pho?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQE6RbHl4X8

Video by Edgar Gamiao of our exploratory hike.

Photos taken by Allison Banks, Akira Suzuki, Chris Bautista, Dale Yoshizu, Edgar Gamiao, Jeremy Cannone, Scott Peterson, Tessa Bugay, Val Wang and yours truly. Not necessarily in order.

Note: I have been made aware that some hikers have been using my blog as a hiking guide and getting lost on the trails. Please note that this blog was made to document the hike for the crew(s) that did it. That is why some of my comments will seem to have no relevance or meaning to anybody outside of the crew(s) that hiked that trail. My blog was never meant as a hiking guide, so please do not treat it as such. If you find inspiration and entertainment from these hikes, that is more than enough. If you plan on replicating these hikes, do so in the knowledge that you should do your own research accordingly as trail conditions, access, legalities and so forth are constantly in flux. What was current today is most likely yesterdays news. Please be prepared to accept any risks and responsibilities on your own as you should know your own limitations, experience and abilities before you even set foot on a trail, as even the “simplest” or “easiest” of trails can present potential pitfalls for even the most “experienced” hikers. One should also always let somebody know of your hiking plans in case something doesn’t go as planned, better safe than sorry.