Tag / Hiking

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Hike Map] Another popular, more challenging trail that we visited in Zion was Angel’s Landing… or that’s what I had read online and been told by other hikers in the park. The switchbacking trail was paved for 80% of the way, which made the hike fairly quick. […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Hike Map] Before heading to Zion, hiking friend Zach Drury mentioned to me that Echo Canyon was one of his favorite places to go while back home Utah. Taking his recommendation to heart, I made it an appoint to check out the narrow slot canyon while at […]

[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 […]

Playing the safety card, and bailing out on our first TWO attempts due to rainy weather, we decided to make the third time the charm and summit “Razor Ridge” on west Oahu. Although previously thwarting our prior attempts to summit “No Name” Peak from the ridge, the rain did make for exceptionally cooler weather and […]

While my last experience hiking from Ohikilolo ridge to three corners made me despise West Oahu ridges for quite some time, I did not want to pass up an opportunity to do a one-way route from Keaau Ridge up to Keaau Middle Ridge with Baron and many other hiking buddies (Katie, Kaiser, Laora, Darren and […]

Another cave / lava tube that we were excited to see, was the “Cave of Refuge” in the Hakuma Horst of Kalapana. The cave is probably ~200 meters long and is partially modified narrow at its entrance. Doing so allowed Hawaiians to defend the cave against intruders. On the other end, the cave opens to […]

The last time we were here, we only got to see the left stream fork of Koloa Gulch, which lead Kalo Falls… Therefore, it was only fitting that we (Josh, Katie and I) further explore the gulch and see the waterfall at the end of the right fork (not sure of actual name). Since there […]

Although not very popular valleys to hike in Hawaii Kai, Kamilo Nui and Hahaione Valleys have several potential routes which may connect via the Koolau Summit Trail. Despite being poured on the entire hike, we (Pete, August, Katie and I) connected a short one-way route from the west side of Kamilo Nui Valley to a […]