Tag / hawaiian

with contributions by Katie Ersbak [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4][Photo Gallery] On the last day of field work on Kahoʻolawe, we collected bunches of pili grass seeds for out planting, like the older individuals we planted in Hakioawa the other day. Jamie explains that the seeds disperse a short distance by wind, […]

with contributions by Katie Ersbak [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4][Photo Gallery] Getting another early start, I was particularly stoked because I was asked to drive one of the trucks… not a passenger one, but one of the dually trucks that was meant for transporting equipment, etc. After fueling up, we stopped by […]

with contributions by Katie Ersbak [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4][Photo Gallery] Most people never really think about going to Kaho‘olawe… Mainly because much of the island had been obliterated by the navy over the period of several decades after World War II, and many believe that there is nowhere to walk on […]

Probably not the best day for a ridge hike or summiting the Koolaus, we (Baron Yamamoto, Joshua Serrano [808 Goonies], Jenelyn Castillo, Katie Ersbak and I) disregarded the high-wind advisory by weather forecasters and ascended Piliwale Ridge to reach Konahuanui (K1). We successfully descended via Lulumahu ridge, where we had staged a vehicle earlier in […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] On the final day of our Molokai Trip, we booked a guided tour in Halawa Valley in East Molokai… which was the only way for us to legally access the valley. We were fortunate enough to see both waterfalls in the valley as well as learn about […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] On the second day of our (Baron, Katie, Jenny, Jenelyn, Jennifer, Josh [808 Goonies], Seth and I) Molokai Trip, we made another long off-road drive to Kamakou Preserve in mountains of East Molokai to see the Pepeopae boardwalk trail and Pelekunu overlook. To access the preserve, we […]

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Bummed about my recent finger injury from rock climbing, I have been quite restless and have somewhat been resorting to less demanding activities like fishing. Not that I don’t like fishing, but not having the choice of picking climbing is a real downer. Eric Aoyama, an avid fisherman that I met at the climbing gym […]

One local community on the North shore of Kauai, the Waipa Foundation (website above), focuses their efforts on restoration and sustainability in their watershed. They are using the monitoring stations and network to help them understand more about water resources and management. For example, they want to monitor the results of large scale wetland restoration […]

After a failed attempt to reach the summit of Puu Kaua from the Kolekole Pass this past summer, Baron Yamamoto and I had a personal vendetta to reach the summit from an alternative route. Therefore today, we considered coming from the “Palikea direction” along the Waianae Summit Trail (WST). Along the Waianae Summit, we found […]