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Lahilahi Point (or Black Rock) is a well known fishing spot to locals, and there is also a popular surf site adjacent it’s west side. The significance of the name is due to the rocks at the westernmost point are “black,” as opposed to the rest of the rock which appears brown. Lahilahi has considerable […]

In addition to being a Natural Area Reserve (NAR) for native species, Ka’ena point is also a spiritually important area to Native Hawaiians. A large coral stone at the point is thought to be where deceased souls depart into the spiritual world or “spirit leap,” as it is the westernmost part of the island to […]

A bit fatigued from Warrior Dash (in head-to-toe fleece) the previous day, I was more in the mood for some leisure hiking today… Like a chapter right out of the Goonies movie, Maunawili Falls to the Maunawili Moss Slides was an adventurous but leisure hike. We started our trek at the familiar Maunawili Falls Trailhead, […]

A great hike with a lot of scrambling, Puu Kawiwi to No Name to Tiki is definitely one of my favorite advanced hikes in West Oahu. This particular hike is nostalgic to several of us as it was the first hike we did together as the “Lost Trailblazers” (Troy Takara, Jennifer Liu, Seth Eason, Jenelyn […]

With a questionable forecast in the Koolaus of Central Oahu, Jenelyn and I opted to bail out of doing the Kalihi Saddle (one of the more extreme hikes on Oahu) with some other hiking buddies… instead, we joined up with Baron Yamamoto, Joshua Serrano (808 Goonies) and Marvin Chandra (Exploration Hawaii) to do an advanced […]

[Part 1] [Part2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] Waioka Pond, aka the Venus Pool, is a deep brackish waterbody approximately 200′ long x 150′ wide x 30′ deep (in center) and a short hike off of the Hana Highway… …and although the faucet isn’t always keeping the stream and waterfall flowing, the pool itself […]

Kaena Point is the most north-western point on the island of Oahu, and is a Department of Land and Natural Resources Natural Area Reserve (NAR) and has been a culturally important area to Native Hawaiians for many years. Being a local fisherman since the “hanabata days,” it has always a privilege to be able to […]

“Makapuu lookout to Alan Davis” is a great hike, or any hike that involves the Kaiwi coastline for that matter. The route we (Reanne Solomon, Larry Tang, Rylan Miyasato, Troy Takara and I) took today is not conventional by any means, though I’m sure some people have connected these trails before. The particular combination of […]

If you are lucky, a few days in winter will allow you to witness the spectacle above. It may as be as clear as this day, but none-the-less, is still a gorgeous view. What am I talking about? If you haven’t recognized the landscape, its the full moonset (or near full) from Diamond Head Crater! […]

Heleakala to Palikea was a beast that I hardly care to document, but since other people asked about it I’ll write a few words about it… We (Laura Carothers, Jennifer Liu, Baron Yamamoto, Joshua Serrano, Rosie Ho and I) started the trail at ~730am, near the residential area at the end of Helelua Street in […]