Pali Notches to Piliwale Ridge

November 3, 2012

Every time I travel over the Pali Highway and get a clear view of the Pali Notches and Konahuanui, I sometimes develop an urge to hike that trail again. I scratched that itch today along with Glenn, Chance and David. But this time, we were going up the Pali Notches and down Piliwale Ridge. We had originally […]

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True Manamana

October 21, 2012

After a three-week hiatus from hiking, I hooked up with Marcus again, along with Scott, Francis, KiLei, and Pete. Having hiked Pu’u Manamana and Pu’u Kahekili, I jumped at the chance to hike True Manamana with an experienced guide like Marcus. I had heard a lot about this hike, how it was quite challenging and […]

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Bear Claw Right Fork

September 29, 2012

I tagged along with Marcus and another extreme hiker crew consisting of Scott, Wendy, Toney, Russell and Tess to complete Bear Claw by hiking up the Right Fork. We parked at the same place in Waimanalo when we did Left Fork last week, but had to do a quick and dirty “ninja” move to get […]

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Sliding Sands Trail into Haleakala Crater

September 26, 2012

Taking advantage of Island Air’s discounted fares, I hopped on a plane to Maui to see an old buddy, Everett, and hike into Haleakala Crater. On the way up, we stopped at Komoda Store and Bakery in Makawao, famous for their stick donuts, but they were on vacation! Going up the winding road to the […]

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Bear Claw Left Fork

September 22, 2012

Glenn and I had the chance to tag along with Marcus and his extreme hiker crew consisting of Scott, Matt, Jay, Shelly, KiLei, and Aaron today to tackle Bear Claw Left Fork. We all met at the end of Kalaau Place in Kuliouou Valley and piled into Scott’s truck, where we drove to Waimanalo and […]

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Makapu’u to Kamiloiki Ridge

September 16, 2012

Rain canceled our Saturday Pali Notches to Piliwale Ridge hike, so I tagged along with Chris and Kaimi for a Sunday hike from Makapu’u to Kamiloiki Ridge. Chris picked me up from Waioli Street and we met Kaimi at the Makapu’u lookout. Even security was there in the wee hours of the morning, in the […]

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Diamond Head Under A Blue Moon

August 31, 2012

Having never done a night hike, well intentionally, we decided that this month’s full moon or blue moon was too good to pass up a chance to hike the entire crater rim of Diamond Head at night. I met up with Chris, Chance “Shoeless”, Kaimi and Sina at 9:30pm. Thanks to Dave for the directions! […]

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Halawa Ridge to Haiku Hidden Stairs

August 26, 2012

When we last hiked to Haiku Stairs, I had heard about another lesser known stairs that was located across the valley on Haiku Ridge, called Haiku Hidden Stairs or Stairway to Hell. Not one to pass up the chance to check out a new hike, I met Glenn at the end of Iwaena Street in Halawa […]

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Moanalua Saddle to Haiku Stairs

August 5, 2012

This was our third hiking route to Haiku Stairs and the most challenging to date. I met Chris and Glenn at the end of Ala Aolani Street and we started our hike into Moanalua Valley Park around 6:20am. We passed the numerous bridges that cross Kamananui stream and Korean hikers started to pass us by as they […]

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Mount Olomana to Ahiki Backside

July 22, 2012

Having promised myself that I would tackle the descent down the third peak of Ahiki ever since we did Olomana almost two years ago, today was the day to cash that check. Glenn, Chris and myself all met right before the bridge on Auloa Road and started the hike around 6:30am. Glenn and Chris climb the […]

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