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[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 […]

[Part 1] [Part2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] Along the Hana Highway (State Hwy 360), there are a plethora of amazing waterfalls, streams and step-pools to seek out. Despite most of the streams in East Maui being partially (“some…”) or fully diverted (“no” surface water reaches the ocean during base flow) to Upcountry Maui […]

[Part 1] [Part2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] Less than a week prior, I received a late night text message from fellow Lost Trailblazer, Jenelyn Castillo, “Maui for Martin Luther King weekend (14-16)? Haleakala perhaps???” Though I LOVE camping at Haleakala, I basically responded that it could drop to near freezing temperatures… as the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Much apologies for the delay for those of you who follow my blog regularly… As soon as I returned from the November California trip, I was thrown into several adventures, of which made it difficult to finish the 9 posts from Lowe Trail, Yosemite and Joshua Tree. The day after thanksgiving, I was fortunate enough […]

[Part 1] [Part2] [Part 3] [View Gallery] Joshua Tree National Park is located 140 miles east of Los Angeles, and borders Nevada, Arizona and Mexico… The National Park Service (NPS) is responsible for regulating visitor park resources, including centers, permitting, facilities, activities and campgrounds (Modified Map from NPS above). The park is well known for […]

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] Yosemite National Park is one of the greatest spots in the Western US for hiking, climbing, backpacking / camping, or even just site-seeing. Barely remembering Yosemite as a kid, it was imperative that I returned to the national park to redeem my lack of memories […]