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One of the most beautiful places I visit for work is Limahuli Valley, located in Haena, North Kauai. As a National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG), the land above Kuhio Highway is managed for its native species and habitat… …with the exception of the well known “cold pond” roadside. hehe. 🙂 The lowest part of the […]

Neither Halawa Ridge nor the Haiku Hidden Stairway have been on my radar for “hikes to do in the near future,” but when Joshua Serrano (808 Goonies) sends out a hike invite, it usually is worth attending. After we hiked the contouring trail up Halawa Ridge, we headed north on the Koolau Summit Trail to […]

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] 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 […]

Before I could drive, I used to “ride bike” quite frequently with friends, terrorizing our neighborhood. After donating my old mountain-bike to Goodwill many years ago, I never revisited the idea of biking recreationally until just recently. Since none of us hiked today, Reanne impulsively brought up an awesome idea, to investigate the new experimental […]

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 […]