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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Holoholo Sunday

March 7, 2021

Like a gullible fool, I believed the weather forecast for a stormy day and passed on the pass. What can I say? I went to public school. Aida, Art, Cathy, Cisco, Edgar, Lilyn, Quan, Sally, Tessa and myself met up on the Windward side to figure out how to fit 10 people into two cars, […]

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Aiea Aborted

February 28, 2021

Back to back weekends where the hikes failed to meet the original expectations. Such is life. Photo by Tesssa Bugay. Thanks to Cinja for dropping Katie, Lilyn, Tessa and myself off at the still closed park. Contouring on the loop below the ridge line. Meanwhile, an owl had swooped close to Tessa and Lilyn looking […]

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Pu’u Patience (Pu’u Ma’eli’eli)

February 21, 2021

Our hike today ranged from Plan A (Ohulehule) – bad weather, Plan B (Kolekole Pass) – no drop off, Plan C (Pueo Falls) – no flow, Plan D (Ma’akua Falls) – well some of us got to do that and finally down to Plan E (Pu’u Ma’eli’eli) and ended with us waiting more than hiking. […]

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Bolohead to King Kong Ridge

February 13, 2021

That once in a blue moon struck again this weekend as Team BASK and friends met up for a hike on the West side. Photo by Lilyn Avendano. Thanks to Mike for dropping Analyn, Bill, Ferlino, Lilyn, Shirley and myself off at the trailhead. Most of us put our heads down as we trudged up […]

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Laie to Black Junction (Pupukea)

February 7, 2021

It was time to help another friend complete the Ko’olau Summit Trail (KST). Photo by Art Young. Thanks to Jasmin and for the gate being open which resulted in us being dropped off directly at the beginning of the trail. Tessa was answering the call of nature which resulted in her missing the call of […]

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