Aiea to Pacific Palisades

May 29, 2021

Met up with Lilyn and Quan for a camping weekend in the mountains. It turned out to be a shorter stay than expected. Photo by Art Young. Stepping foot on the popular trail as it already started filling up with trail runners and casual hikers. Thanks to Allison for shuttling us to the trailhead. Trading […]

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Star Trek Ridge to Kolekole Pass

May 16, 2021

I decided it was time for another visit to a place where no (wo)man has gone before. Met up with Aida, Art and Lilyn in Schofield Barracks where Mia then shuttled us to the valley laced with helpful messages, revived terraces, abandoned cars and stray dogs. It was not even a hop, before we were […]

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Wahiawa Hills Exploration

May 8, 2021

I did a more inclusive hike this weekend. Somebody said I should do more of these. Photo by Tessa Bugay. Met up with Aida, Dale, Marilyn, Matt, Quan and Tessa in the city of pines. We cut through the eucalyptus forest to start our hike. Dale capturing the moving clouds rolling through the hills. Photo […]

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Moanalua Valley to Kalihi Saddle (Powerlines)

May 2, 2021

Back in the saddles this weekend. Turns out we didn’t get as much plurals as we wanted. Met up with Art and Tessa at the sea of beauty where the pitter patter of rain was our only company. We could have either dribbled our way up to the ridge or walked down the valley. We […]

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Pu’u Ohulehule Northwest to Northeast Ridges

April 25, 2021

It was time to raise the bar or at least get the juices flowing on today’s hike. Or as somebody put it “get back in the windward ridge game.” We all met up in Kahana Valley where Matt surprised us with 808 Random Hikers T-shirts that he had made in Korea. Group photo left to […]

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Kamehame Road to Pacific Ocean (almost)

April 18, 2021

Picking up where we left off from last week; met up with Aida, Art, Cinja, Lilyn, Marilyn, Quan and Tessa at the end of an East Oahu neighborhood. Photo by Art Young. Early hikers get the view of the sun seemingly breaking the horizon plane. It’s actually the earth’s rotation. Photo by Tessa Bugay. I […]

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Pali Notches to Kamehame Road

April 11, 2021

It was time for another camping weekend in the mountains. Thanks to Lilyn for dropping me off to begin my brief solo hike. Photo by Lilyn Avendano. I soon ran across a group of hikers who were climbing down the second notch. They asked me two questions. Have you done this before and where is […]

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Kanehoa to Palehua

April 4, 2021

Met up with Bill, Lilyn and Shirley to spend Easter in the mountains this weekend. Thanks to Jalen who dropped us off and wished us well on our “painful” hike, how did he know? Grow them and they will come. Photo by Lilyn Avendano. Heading towards the tree line. We missed it by that much. […]

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Aiea Ridge to Manana Trail

March 21, 2021

Picking up from three weeks ago; met up with Art and Tessa at the Manana trailhead where we got a ride to Keaiwa Heiau State Park. Mahalo to Robert for shuttling us. The park gates were surprisingly open, which saved us about 10 minutes of walking up the road. Not surprising, was the rain that […]

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Poamoho Trail to Laie Trail

March 14, 2021

Back to the muddiest section on the KST to help another friend connect his dots. Photo by Katie Bingham. A big thanks to Edgar for driving Art, Katie, Tessa and myself up the mud caked jeep road. At one point, we thought we might either have to get out and walk or push. Photo by […]

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