Comments on: Ulimakoli Ridge ( Eleao Windward ) to Manana Ridge

By: kenji SAITO

kenji SAITO — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 09:51:29 +0000

Aloha Lonnie,
Thanks but please don’t use my blog as a so-called “bible.” It’s more along the lines of entertainment and inspiration and a lot of perspiration :). Let me see if I can dig up the tracks, I remember the tracking stopped for some reason, so most of what you see is actually filled in and may not be accurate. Kudos to your group for knocking out a lot of hikes lately. Be safe and have fun.
Mahalo

By: Lonnie Hammack

Lonnie Hammack — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:46:26 +0000

Kenji, Awesome write-up as usual! I study your site like the bible. I guess it is the bible of extreme hiking on Oahu. Would you mind sharing the track for this hike with me? It’s next on the agenda for the Rugged Outlaws. The rocky climbs look like more fun than Kalahaku Teeth….the overgrowth on that ridge wore me out, especially when I had point. One of the rotted webbings snapped on me, but luckily I wasn’t really depending on it. If anyone wants to do Kalahaku Teeth, now is the time….with 10 people on our hike, we definitely made a temporary trail up there.

By: kenji SAITO

kenji SAITO — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:45:53 +0000

Aloha Mel,
Glad you enjoyed the post!
Mahalo!

By: Mel yoshioka

Mel yoshioka — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:09:05 +0000

Thanks for the pictures and narrative.
You guys are just awesome!
Mel

By: kenji SAITO

kenji SAITO — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 05:35:41 +0000

Aloha Wing,
Yup, I believe Jeremy’s group left these ropes years back on Ulimakoli. But they are too rotted to be of any use now. On Kalahaku, there was a rope after the sixth tooth, which I think was Cory’s group bailout ridge on their first attempt. Either way, both ridges are challenging hikes. Thanks for stopping by!
Mahalo

By: Wing C. Ng

Wing C. Ng — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:41:54 +0000

It is surprising that there are rotten ropes up all the way to the last Tooth, indicating people have done this before long ago. Whereas on Kalahaku across the valley, there seems to be no previous human activity beyond the 2nd Tooth or so.

-Wing

By: kenji SAITO

kenji SAITO — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:49:43 +0000

Hey Ryan,
Well you said you wanted to kick it up a notch or 30 notches! Great hiking with you as usual. Your diploma’s in the mail!
Mahalo!

By: Ryan Leani

Ryan Leani — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:06:47 +0000

Nice write up mann. This hike definately pushed me to do things I thought I could never do and even had some doubts sometimes but the “No turning back saying”, seeing you guys stepping it up, got my adrenalin pumping, and my mind set. This was literally some raw hiking, I wouldn’t mind doing similar hikes like this, just not this one again :D… Thanks for the adventure!

By: kenji SAITO

kenji SAITO — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:53:07 +0000

Howzit Matt,
Glad I did it with you bushwhackers! That was a challenging hike to say the least. I don’t think any of us plan a repeat visit to Eleao anytime soon! Thanks again for your company! Until the next challenge!
Mahalo

By: Matthew Vidaurri

Matthew Vidaurri — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 05:48:05 +0000

Glad to have done this hike w/ this crew. I’ve done a lot of hikes w/ many people and I never understood when people said “I’m at my breaking point.” Now I know what they meant. This hike threw everything at me. Crumbly, sketchy ridges where I found myself saddling it instead of trekking. The wall uluhe and overgrowth that was exhausting and slowed our progress. And not to mention the long 6mile roller coaster trek down mañana at night. But it was at “Catch Me if I fall ridge” where we were really tested. It was the first time ever on a hike that I think I really pushed the envelope on life. Glad you lead the way up Kenji. But never again will I trek on Eleao. I can enjoy waterfalls in valleys too. lol