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1900' Lookout, a little past Manamana

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1900’ Lookout – June 15, 2012 According to Stuart Ball twelve years ago, the Pu’u Manamana hike was considered one of the most dangerous hikes on the island. Of course, you might have to take that statement with a grain of salt because many more hikes on this island are far more dangerous. When I first got back into hiking in 2010, the Pu’u Manamana section of the book was a hike I thought I could never do, let alone accomplish. However as I progressed over the last two years, I’ve done a good amount of super hikes, advanced hikes, and difficult hikes.  There was no doubt that I could do this hike. Within the last two years, I’ve had opportunities to go on this hike; however I always had prior commitments I had to take care of. Marvin and I scheduled this hike early in the week and invited the 7D crew. Joining us today was Ikaika and Christian, both are horses. Our goal was to go up Kahekili ridge, past the upper hidden valley falls, connect to Manamana ridge (also known as Pu...