Hiking Trails on Oahu

Waihe'e Illumination - February 19, 2016 Erik has been the biggest supporter of this event. Glow sticks down a waterfall and shooting long exposure to capture streaks. Erik set the time at 5:00pm, but since we were all working, we would meet at Waihe'e falls at random times. After work, I drove to Sports Authority to meet Erik. He drove us down to Kahalu'u and the Hamama trailhead. The hike up to Hamama to the banyan tree was fast maybe 35 minutes. We met David and Daniel at Waihe'e and started setting up shop. It got dark fast. Since I didn't have my camera it meant I had to be the runner. The runner has to climb up to the top of the falls and drop the glowsticks.  Climbing up was steep, but not too much of a problem. I dropped the glowsticks while everyone was trying to get the correct exposure setting. The falls is about 40 feet high. After I threw the glowsticks, Erik tried to throw it up to me, but it kept on coming back down. He had the brilliant idea of putti...

Laie-Malaekahana - February 13, 2016 It's February 2016 and this is my first hike of the year. With Jared's baseball and Malia's dance, weekends have been busy. I was invited by Kikaida (Kenji) to Laie-Malaekahana. He hasn't done it before and wanted to check it off the list. He invited his usual hiking partners and I invited Bernice from OAG's. Start time was at 7am. I got there 5 minutes late because I had to go to the bathroom. The only bathroom before Laie field that I know of is Malaekahana Beach Park. I stopped there to pee, then headed off to Laie field. I was the last one there and met the crew for the day. Joining us was Kenji, Glen, Justin, Thessa, Dale, Bernice, and I. We started at 9:10am on the Laie trail.  Since I haven't hiked in a while, my cardio was weak. I could run uphills with no problem, but try hike uphills when your not in hiking shape, its a difficult thing to do. After 2.5 hours, Bernice, Dale, Thessa, Glen and I got to the foxhole of L...