Hiking Trails on Oahu

Laie-Papali - June 18, 2014 Initially this was suppose to be Laie to Kawailoa. The goal was to hike the Kawailoa trail to the spot where Erik and I turned around in April 2014. By doing this, we could connect the blue lines on our gpx file. However since Erik had the whole day off and I'm in summer mode, we decided to tackle Laie-Papali. If I remembered correctly, I did this route with DGC and hiking crew and it took us 16 hours to complete, albeit we did get lost multiple times. Erik asked me during the week if we could do it faster. I hesitated, but threw out a number of 12 hours. What made this more crazy was that we started late 8am and we were going to go down Kawailoa to the spot.  To do this hike within 12 hours, I told Erik we have to be efficient which means minimal breaks and quickly problem solve the difficult twist and turns of the KST. We staged a car at Daniel's house. He has always been helpful when we plan these hikes and should very well be appreciated for his ...

Kawailoa - April 12, 2014 It all comes down to this...maybe not. Kawailoa has been on my checklist since 2011. Dave F. had the last write up of it in 2012. The last time Kawailoa was on the HTMC schedule was September 2010, but I’m not sure if they went through with it. In summary, trail use is nonexistent. The HTMC quarterly April-June schedule is probably the best I’ve seen since I joined the club in 2011. With Kawailoa and Poamoho as the showcase, back to back no less, its a very impressive schedule. A reliable source said that Mr. Koolau Summit himself has been working on putting together an interesting schedule. Erik and I did an exploratory hike on Thursday and had a conversation that Kawailoa would bring out the veterans of the HTMC. It did not disappoint, all the ‘legends’ came out. I can sort of understand why hikers consider certain people of the HTMC legends. Take Pete Clines for example - he (along with Laredo) were the first documented hikers to do True Manamana. Pete is a...