Hahaione Loop

November 1, 2014

A gentle hill. That’s how Ryan described this little hike to Jose, Thessa and myself. A little something to get my hiking legs back in shape after a month hiatus nursing my bruised ribs from our last trail. It was a late start in the day, as we started our hike tucked deep in Hahaione […]

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Ulimakoli Ridge ( Eleao Windward ) to Manana Ridge

October 4, 2014

Back on the Windward side to tackle another less traveled ridge. We staged our cars at the Manana trailhead and carpooled to Kaneohe, where Chris was nice enough to drop us off in Waihee Valley. Photo by Matt Vidaurri. Four hikers set foot this day, for a nineteen hour hike, for a nineteen hour hike. […]

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Mau’umae Trail to Wiliwilinui Trail ( Lanipo Windward Scout )

September 27, 2014

Lanipo Windward ridge was last reportedly done by HTMC hiker Dick Davis in the 1940s when he lost all his fingernails going down. Ouch. I wanted to scout out the ridge for a possible future hike. Joining me today were Jose, Ryan and Thessa. We parked at the top of Maunalani Circle and found two […]

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Pu’u Papa’a

September 21, 2014

I tagged along with the Oahu Hikers Group to explore a new trail in Kailua. We met up at Aikahi Park Shopping Center and split into two groups. It was going to be another hot day. Our group consisting of Jose, Khym, Ryan, Thessa and myself headed down a dead end street to start our […]

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Aiea Loop Trail ( Kalauao Falls and Plane Crash )

September 13, 2014

A friend had asked me to take him and his cousin on an easy hike. That is why I found myself at Keaiwa Heiau State Park with Glenn, Jose and Thessa. However, my friend failed to show up. Oh well, let’s hike. Group photo at the trailhead: Jose, Thessa, Glenn and myself. Passing the water […]

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Waianae to Ka’ala to Dupont

September 7, 2014

The mountain was calling. The highest mountain on the island. Ka’ala. Met up with Carmi, James, Rocky, Ron and Ryan at Waipio Costco, our staging point. Ron’s wife was nice enough to drop us off in Waianae Valley. We even got to watch a comedy video while driving to the trailhead. All we were missing […]

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Pu’u Kaua to Palehua

August 31, 2014

Joining me on this hot and humid day to tackle my last segment of the Waianae Summit Trail (WST) were Chris and Thessa. Photo by Thessa Bugay. There were more bicycles on the road than cars this morning, due to the 112 mile Dick Evans Memorial Road Race. Where are the farmers? Photo by Chris […]

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Kalahaku Teeth to Waimano Trail

August 16, 2014

I had read that HTMC legendary hiker Al Miller stated that Kalahaku Ridge could not be done. End of story. Time and other hikes passed, I then stumbled upon Cory Yap’s blog about his group summiting said ridge. My interest was renewed. Photo by Thessa Bugay. David, Jose, Ryan and Thessa rounded out the crew […]

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Fuji-san 2014

July 23, 2014

Two fools paid another visit to Mount Fuji to collect our sunrise. Or so we hoped. Last year we had failed to see the sunrise due to a raging storm on top of the mountain. The two hour bus ride from Shinjuku did not look promising as we approached Fuji Hakone National Park as the […]

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Hobbs Ridge to Kolekole Pass

July 5, 2014

Back in the Waianae Mountains. The wet Waianae Mountains. Met up with Jasmin, John, Jose and Steve in Waianae Valley. Clouds were already spilling over the mountains. Taking a break on Hobbs Ridge. Rain had started to fall earlier while we were in the valley. Jose punched up the weather and the forecast was rain […]

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