Kalihi Saddle (Powerlines) to Alewa Heights

October 6, 2024
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A friend came out of his hiking hibernation to start wrapping up loose ends on the KST. Slight exaggeration. Just slight. Thanks to Ferlino for dropping Akira, Chico, Ryan, Scott and myself off to the starting point where we met up with Aileen to round out today’s group. Walking up the service road used by […]

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Opae’ula Cabin (Army Cabin)

September 28, 2024
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The cabin is calling and we must go. Met up with Akira, Chico, Mari and Tessa for another weekend adventure in the mountains. We dialed in the lock combination and closed the gate as we left civilization behind us. Group photo at the start when we are all nice and clean. Hugging the uluhe carpeted […]

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Manana to Waimano

September 22, 2024
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Met up with Aida, Akira, Chico, Roger, and Scott who kept me company in the mountains as I continued to connect the dots ad nauseam. We all showed up before the crying cats to start our early morning hike. Hey, where’s Chico? Passing multiple tents camped out by the picnic shelter. Akira going underneath the […]

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Lualualei Lookout

September 15, 2024
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In search of a relatively “easy” welcome back home, we settled on what was named Waimanalo 1/2 Ramble which took us to Lualualei Lookout in the end. Thanks to Susan for the beta and suggestion. Met up at Waianae Steve’s house where he graciously allowed us to park outside his house and Jasmin was nice […]

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Maras Salt Mines

September 8, 2024
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On our last day in Cusco, we chose an ATV tour over a cooking class on guinea pigs. Did we choose wrong? We got picked up by a different guide as today was Jose’s day off. Deborah had another tour scheduled on her own but came back early due to the guide not speaking English […]

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Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca)

September 7, 2024
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Fresh off our Inca trail hike, we opted to wake up later the next day and not at the suggested 0430 time to get more shut eye. We boarded our shuttle for the roughly three hour ride to our destination, sharing the road with sheep on the way. Our van traveling on the mountain road […]

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Inca Trail (Camino Inka)

September 3, 2024
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It was time to embark on our four day adventure on the historic trail that dates back to the 1400s. We got up before the barking dogs, beeping horns and street vendors to be picked up by Jose where we also picked up a couple from Holland and a pharmacist from Argentina along the way. […]

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Houston-Cusco (Cuzco)

August 31, 2024
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Day 1 Our bags were packed for an adventure that was many years in the making, one that was delayed by the manufactured COVID pandemic that swept the globe in 2020. We arrived at the airport that opened in 1969, the year that man first landed on the moon. It is also the only airport […]

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Manoa Falls to Maikiki Valley

August 25, 2024
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Hurricane Hone which eventually dissipated into a tropical storm but was still lashing the islands with torrential rain aborted my KST hike, so I met up with Aida and Roger, Akira and Tessa, David and Susan, and Scott to do a relatively “safer” hike in the rain. Even Chico showed up due to him mistaking […]

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Olomana (Birthday Hike)

August 18, 2024
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It was that time to celebrate another friend’s birthday in the mountains. Group photo left to right: Chico, Jason, Deborah, myself, Merrill, Aida, Scott, Groot, Tessa, Ryan, Amber, Chris, Dale and Akira. Aida securing the birthday balloons to Chico’s pack. Will they make it to the top? Does anybody have a sticker to add to […]

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