Moanalua Valley to Tripler Ridge

September 29, 2019

Met up with Aida, Ani, Katie, Laredo, Margaret and Quan at Moanalua Valley Park to hike to heaven. The harder way. Did everybody brush their shoes? Can I take you home? Hold my hand. I’m not quite sure who said it first. Photo by Margaret Wilson. Group photo without holding hands, left to right: myself, […]

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Probation Falls

September 22, 2019

We joined the HTMC members only hike where ignorance is not bliss and leads one down the path to probation. Who is on probation again? And is that double secret probation? Photo by Chris Bautista. We parked our carpooled vehicles at an undisclosed location and disappeared into the bushes to start our hike. Some folks […]

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Kaena Point Tracking Station to Mount Ka’ala

September 14, 2019

Permit in hand and with a 4×4 ride secured; Jasmin dropped Ferlino, Yoly and myself off at the Kaena Point Tracking Station Road. Photo by Yoly Bedford. Waiting for the rest of the jeeps to roll in. Photo by Ferlino Carinio. We checked in and made sure that we got the right ID’s back. Mistaken […]

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Red Hill to Stairway to Heaven

September 8, 2019

Chris, Ferlino, Yoly and myself joined up with HTMC for their scheduled hike and then split on our own separate hike. Photo by Janell Tuttle. Met a couple familiar faces at the hike briefing, left to right: Aida, Dale, Yoly, Ferlino, Chris, myself, Janell and Quan. Photo by Aida Gordon. We skirted the dribbling courts […]

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Waipio to Waimanu Valley

August 31, 2019

Saturday Day 1 Bill invited us to celebrate his birthday bash on the Big Island during the Labor Day weekend. We all flew to Kona at staggered arrivals, ate breakfast and stocked up on fuel and food before driving out to the Hamakua Coast. Photo by Chris Bautista. Ready to start our three day weekend! […]

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Aiea Loop Trail to Moanalua Valley

August 25, 2019

Our goal was to summit the heavens, but instead we fell from grace and landed into purgatory instead. We all either parked, shuttled or ubered our way to the park to meet up. Group photo left to right: Chris, myself, Ferlino, Allison, Jason, Naomi, Glenn, Shirley, Bill, Laredo and Maria. Winding our way counter clockwise […]

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Manini Pali to Kaena Point

August 17, 2019

Gloomy weather conditions scratched another return to the saddle for Christine, Yoly and myself. Luckily Christine knew of a trail that was on my to do list. Yoly dropped out due to gas problems, not talking about the intestinal sort. We drove to the end of the island as we started our hike in the […]

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Kalihi Valley to Kalihi Saddle (Powerlines)

August 11, 2019

Our goal today was the Swirling Heavens of Lanihuli, but we had to settle for the crackling power lines instead. Photo by Yoly Bedford. Mahalo to Jasmin for dropping Bill, Chris, Ferlino, Yoly and myself off on the side of the highway where we then plunged into the forest flatlands. We got turned around a […]

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Moanalua Falls

August 4, 2019

The hidden giants in Manoa failed to wake up; so Analyn, Bill, Cisco, Ferlino, Shirley and myself tagged along with Allison’s group that were meeting at Moanalua Valley to explore the falls in the back of the geological depression. Photo by Cisco Quintanilla. A less than auspicious start to our hike as we were greeted […]

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Fuji-san 2019

July 25, 2019

We left another record breaking heat spell in Japan that was steaming her cities and embarked on our sixth visit to Mount Fuji. Fools that will never learn from the second time. It took a train and a bus ride to get us to the 5th station. Wandering around the more undeveloped feel of the […]

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