Hiking

As another connector trail to the Haiku Stairs (aka “Stairway to Heaven”) via the Koolau Summit Trail (KST), the Bowman Trail was another ridge hike to cross off the bucket list. Although the socked-in Koolaus looked discouraging today, the clouds cleared as we summitted and we (Jason Lee, Tim Busby, Seth Eason, Katie Ersbak, Jenelyn […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] The last leg of our ~20 mile backpacking trip was to hike from the Holua Campsite, out of the Halemauu switchbacks to our staged vehicle at the Halemauu Trailhead (~4 miles). The last time I hiked out of here I had one of the worst […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] Although we were socked in the clouds for most of the afternoon, once the sun set, the fog burned off and opened up to a open canopy of stars. Within a few hours, the moon rose in the east and lit up the landscape like […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] While most of the crew warmed up in the cabin and got a chance to rest their feet; Baron, Aaron and I went on a scouting mission to find a lava tube near Holua Cabin. I hadn’t been to the lava tube for almost 7 […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] Hiking from the Paliku to Holua Cabin was probably one of my favorite parts of this trip. The landscape for much of trek was reminiscent of what I remember seeing in the movie, “Total Recall…” at least the first one that mostly took place on […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] With several months of planning invested, the epic Haleakala 2012 backpacking trip was executed flawlessly by the Lost Trailblazers et al. (Baron Yamamoto, Aaron Toma, Katie Ersbak, Troy Takara, Reanne Solomon, Jennifer Liu, Jenelyn Castillo, Justin Ugalino and I) on Maui… I’ve never laughed harder […]

Due to the unfortuitous dry weather this weekend, our tubing adventure in Wahiawa got cancelled this past weekend… and thus, we opted to join up with some other hikers in Waianae Valley to do the Waianae Waterworks Trail. The trail was pioneered and is maintained by some residents in Waianae and Makaha Valleys, as well […]

Wailupe Valley is pretty foreign to most people, aside from residents of Hawaii Kai and dedicated hikers. After doing a biological survey of stream life in the lower and middle reaches of the valley for work, I’ve been wanting to explore further back into Wailupe, as well as look for any ridge trails that terminate […]

Olomana is a popular advanced hike in Maunawili, Oahu… Some people hike to the first peak, while others get more adventurous and travel to the summit of the third peak (called Ahiki). However, not many people do it’s reverse (coined “Anamolo“), which can be accomplished in a few different ways. Keep in mind, Reverse Olomana […]

[Part 1 – Reconnaissance] [Part 2 – Summiting and Descent] The following documentation describes an unsafe activity and extremely dangerous, NO ONE should attempt to repeat this unless willing to accept consequences such as serious injury and/or death, etc. As I mentioned from the first post about the Kalahaku Teeth, it is the most dangerous […]