Hiking Trails on Oahu

  Hapapa-Kanehoa - July 16, 2017 This was it. I was going solo today to accomplish something many years in the making, since 2013. I woke up early and wanted to go running, but it was kinda late. I woke Michelle up to drive me to Schofield. I tried to pack my best under last minute circumstances. I forgot my bivy.  Michelle dropped me off at the Hapapa trail head at 7:15am. It was cool today. I got up to the notches at about 8am encountered 5 hikers, three of them were taking pictures and two were coming down from the notch. I got up to the summit at 8:30am. For some reason I still can't find the geomarker. The initial section after the summit was overgrown. I wore a sleeveless shirt today, go figure. I brought my sleeves though, but my arms were still getting murdered.  Hapapa Meadow Notch Hapapa Summit View atop Hapapa overlooking Nanakuli I got to the pimple (this is where we turned around last time) at about 9:00am. I was very surprised. The swath that we created last...

Hapapa-Kanehoa Part 1 - June 11, 2017 There was no question that this hike was on my to do list this summer. It has been on the to do list every summer for about 4 years now. Today I was going to make a strong attempt to get to Kanehoa. Over the past 5 years or so, the Hapapa trail has been closed due to live firing drills. Getting to Hapapa now is hard because the trail is close on most weekend. However on a hike Josh S. this year, he told me to check the facebook site called Army Garrison. On the page has a bunch of details of when Hapapa would be open. With Michelle working at Tripler she has access to the military base without hassle. These two things put together equal something great.  With rain in the forecast, we were suppose to go tubing. However, the rains didn't some in the morning, so we reverted back to  Hapapa-Kanehoa. The bad thing was that we had a late start time about 9am. I set a turn around time at 1pm, so we wouldn't be out there all day because they close...

Pu’u Hapapa – June 2, 2013 This summer I wanted to knock off 4 hikes, a) Wahiawa Hills b) Hapapa-Kanehoa c) Kipapa Leeward d) Waialae Nui. Today was Hapapa-Kanehoa. The plan was for us to go up Hapapa, go to Kanehoa, and drop down Kanehoa ridge through some farmland finishing up at Kunia Road. With my back being sore as hell, and Erik and Aprille coming down with a cold, it was apparent we wouldn’t be able to do the entire hike. We decided to just do Pu’u Hapapa. Getting to the trailhead of Pu’u Hapapa is a bitch. After meeting at Erik’s house, we drove to Schofield Barracks to check in. Getting on base is always a pain, but the guys who checked us in were really cool. Then I drove slowly on base towards Kolekole Pass. The MP’s are strict when it comes to the speed limit and would tag anyone going even a few miles over. We were worried about live fire, but today live fire exercises were not going on, so we were in the clear. I parked in an open lot. If you remember, to the right leads...