Kaua to Kolekole Pass

September 25, 2022

Back on the west side for sunshine and rain showers. Equal parts. Met up with Chris, Lilyn, Quan and Tessa in Kunia to start our hike as the chickens and dogs announced our arrival. Who let the dog out? Give me food or I’ll bark and/or bite. All five pounds of me. We passed the […]

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Manana to Aiea Loop Trail

September 17, 2022

It was a reunion of sorts in the mountains as I haven’t hiked with Alexis in over seven years. Her personality hasn’t changed for good or bad. Who let the dogs out? The hunters. The age-old question has finally been answered, never mind the Baha Men. The cats let themselves out. Somebody got confused about […]

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Wiliwilinui to Kuliouou

September 12, 2022

I picked up where we left off almost a month ago to burn up my last vacation day, on a solo short traverse along the KST. Heavy rain showers greeted me at the trailhead which gave me pause, but the spigot soon shut off. Did I bring my rain jacket? Started off on the service […]

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Flatirons and Royal Arch

August 28, 2022

We drove to the suburbs of Westminster to stay and briefly hang out with the Bennett and West families the day before and was treated to a delicious BBQ dinner with all the fixings. My last day in Colorado, Andy and I did a short hike before my flight back home. Thanks to Kirsten for […]

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Capitol Peak (Aborted)

August 26, 2022

It was time to tackle the hardest 14er in the Colorado mountains after a leisurely day spent touring the historic town of Frisco yesterday. Not to be confused with San Francisco. We woke up early but not as early as planned and drove to the town of Snowmass after consuming our oven baked pizza. That […]

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Huron Peak

August 24, 2022

We had left Colorado Springs yesterday after a fun day at the Cave of the Winds and one of the local dispensaries, thanks again to the Defelice family for their gracious hospitality and drove to Silverthorne to spend the next couple of days. Today we left early to make the drive to the town of […]

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The Decalibron Loop: Mounts Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln and Bross

August 22, 2022

We woke up before the crack of dawn to drive to the town of Alma and up the road to Kite Lake to hike our first 14ers. What does the outside temperature say? Isn’t that just five degrees above freezing? Well, at least I won’t melt. Paid for our $5 parking permit. Got a pen? […]

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Manitou Incline and Pikes Peak

August 21, 2022

We woke up early the next day to tackle Colorado’s version of Koko Stairs, stairs on steroids. Found a spot to park at the Iron Springs Chateau for ten bucks. Starting off at the base altitude of 6,530′. Looking ahead to the 2,768 steps that we had to climb in order to gain the summit. […]

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Garden of the Gods

August 20, 2022

Flew to the highest state to prepare for my expedition to Mount Everest next year. Not a snowball’s chance in hell. I had to wait over four unexpected hours in the sprawling airport terminal for Andy as his budget airline had a flat tire. Contemplated trying the Chick-fil-A outlet, but the line looked worse than […]

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Makapu’u to Kuli’ou’ou Valley

August 14, 2022

Mahalo to Richie for dropping Art, Quan, Roseann, Tessa and myself off at Makapu’u Lookout. Somebody kept us waiting. Hawaiian time. We do live in Hawaii after all. Looking back at the rising sun that eclipsed the 115,000 candlepower lamp shining from Makapu’u Lighthouse. Making our way towards what I like to call the “Stonehenge […]

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