Hiking Trails on Oahu

Ahuimanu + Waterfall Chute - June 12, 2016 I haven't done Ahuimanu in like forever, 5 years or so. David invited OAG's and I took the opportunity to not only go, but have Jared tag along with me.  We met at 8:30am on Hui Kelu Street. Joining the hike today was DJ, Daniel, Alaina, Bernice, Darren, Jana and her two friends. We haven't seen Alaina in forever, she has been taking care of her parents until her dad passed a away a little away go. But her mom still has dementia, so she has been very busy with her parents.  One interesting thing about this hike are the taro complexes. There are signs that give a ton of information, more than the internet.  Ahuimanu was a huge taro complex. It is believe that this thing was operable way before the arrival of Captain Cook. The Hawaiian were able to divert water from the stream and use it for the complex. According to the sign, the complex was a engineering feat and very intricate.  The hike is short and in no time we...

Olympus - June 10, 2016 After much consideration, Sarah wanted to do a ridge, so we decided on doing Olympus-Manoa Middle.  Start time was at 8am at Alani Drive near the Chinese cemetery. Joining the hike today was Darren, Bernice, and Sarah. I carpooled Darren as Bernice was parked. We joked that Sarah would get there at 8:30am, but she arrived early.  We started up Alani towards Kolowalu at 8:11am. For some reason, it took us forever to get up Kolowalu to the junction, like two hours or so. Apparently, we had a lot to talk about. It was good discussion, really good.  We headed up the Olympus trail at a somewhat faster pace. However, at each helipad, we talked story. I mean a lot of story. Not seeing each other for a while, yielded many things to talk about. We finally summited Olympus past 12pm. It took us over 3 hours to summit. Darren and I waited like 15 minutes for Bernice and Sarah to make their way. They took so long, so we went to look for them. They were talking...