Labor Day Weekend Holoholo Kauai

September 3, 2023

We met up with some mutual friends the second day when we found out they were also on Kauai. Sunday September 3, 2023 Group photo in front of Tip Top Motel, Cafe, & Bakery that was started back in 1916 by Denjiro Ota, left to right: Ferlino, Val, Aileen, Scott, myself, Cinja, Mateo, Krissy and […]

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Haupu Loop

September 2, 2023

The last time we were on The Garden Isle, my wandering eye saw a peak in the distance and curiosity got the better of me, so I asked about it and was told it was not doable due to the mountainous terrain. Hold my Coca-Cola. Thanks to Nandor for the tracks and Scott for the […]

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Pali to Kalihi Valley

August 27, 2023

A former marine joined our saddle hike today who improvised, adapted and overcame with aplomb. Semper Fi. Oh the weather outside looked frightful, but the hikers were so delightful, and since we’ve no place to go, Ferlino took us to the pali’s sheer cliffs which was so dreadful back in 1795 that claimed hundreds if […]

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Hell to Heaven

August 13, 2023

Why do two hikes when you can do just one? Why see only one stairway when you can see both? Rhetorical questions aside, that is how we found ourselves at top of Aiea Heights this morning. Thanks to Chris for dropping us off. Campers and chickens were sleeping as we walked up the road that […]

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Anamolo

August 6, 2023

In search of a short hike to replace the aborted perimeter walk, I settled on what is commonly called Anamolo or Reverse Olomana. Thanks to Lilia for dropping us off deep in Bumpy Kanahele’s Pu’uhonua o Waimanalo neighborhood. Walking the trail that parallels the old Kailua Ditch that was built in the 1920s to carry […]

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Mount Myogi

July 31, 2023
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My tradition of doing a solo hike after climbing the icon of Japan continued with a hike plucked out of social media, as this was billed as a challenging and technical hike. I got off the rural train station of Matsuida in the prefecture of Gunma, which I was told ranks up there with heat […]

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Mount Fuji 2023

July 25, 2023
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Out of the frying pan into the fire as we The COVID-19 germaphobe storm had settled since 2019, so it was time to hop on a plane and go back to the land of the rising sun to climb a mountain to catch the rising sun. We got up early and left Shinjuku to catch […]

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Red Hill to Trench Trail

July 16, 2023

I decided to do a solo outing today and see how far my legs would take me in the mountains. The darkness in the valley gave my legs added fleetness as I made it to the sign in under 30 minutes. Making my way to the 2,237′ top after being rained on for the most […]

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Walk around Oahu (Waialua to Makua Cave)

July 9, 2023

Met up with Aida, Allison, Mari, Mona and Tessa at Dillingham Airfield for our perimeter walk#7 around the island. Group photo at missed opportunities. Entering the remote coastline park. The team building rope course. Do we need supervision? Adult supervision? Passing by the YMCA camp that was built back in 1926. Entering the area that […]

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Piliwale to Pali Lookout

July 8, 2023

Met up with Aileen and Tesssa to do a quick hop and pop over the mountains. Where’s the goat whisperer when you need him? Somebody was running fashionably late aka Hawaiian time, so we enjoyed the breaking sunrise over Olomana. We soon left the future lots of affordable homes and began our hike. But first, […]

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