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[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] After landing our kayaks at Kalalau Beach, we quickly set up camp so that we could have the afternoon to further explore Kalalau Valley. The last time I was here in 2011, we did not have time to make it back to Waimakemake Falls and Big Pools. […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] After backpacking the Na Pali Coast to Kalalau a couple times over the years, I felt that I had earned the privilege of kayaking there. With a crew 10-strong (by tandem kayak; Amanda/Will, Garvin/Katie, Christian/Jenny, Baron/Jenelyn and Justin/I), we made the epic journey across the Na Pali […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Hike Map] The day after we arrived at Lonomea, the crew decided to hike up Koaie Stream to look for a waterfall marked on the topographical map Baron had on his smartphone. Unfortunately, the mapping application malfunctioned, so we would not know how close (or far away) we were from the […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Hike Map] Baron, Josh and I had been talking about backpacking into Waimea Canyon for some time, so we finally committed to doing so on the weekend of Josh’s birthday in June. Though last minute forecasts suggested thunder storms in Hawaii’s “Grand Canyon,” we (Baron, Katie, Rhonda, Paul and I… JOSH […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Hike Map] Since our first campsite was closed due to “controlled burning” near Zion’s East Rim Trail on Day 1, we stayed at one of the “walk-in” campsites at the Coal Pits Wash. Conveniently, our campsite was only a few minutes from where we parked, so we […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Hike Map] After taking a day off to rest and pack for our next adventure, my buddy Luke and I drove up to Utah to do some backpacking and hiking around Zion National Park. Although arriving there later than we had expected because of road work on […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] On our final day, we left the Arizona Hot Springs campsite around 930am in search of a couple more notable adventures we highlighted on our map… The Catwalk and the Emerald Cave. There were a ton of other things to see on the way down river, for instance, waterfalls […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] Shortly after setting off from Boyscout Canyon in our trusty aluminum Jerkwater Canoe, we arrived at some of the more popular areas in Black Canyon: Whiterock Canyon and Arizona Hotsprings. Though there were two distinct canoe landings for each area, there seemed to be a contour trail on a […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] Itching to get back to the mainland for some adventures, I decided to meet up with my buddy Luke and his girlfriend Meri in Las Vegas. They’d moved there from Hawaii a little over a year ago, and hike regularly in the area. Although Meri was not able to […]

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