Hiking Trails on Oahu

Kawiwi to Tiki - August 15, 2014 Today was my second time doing Kawiwi and it was with the "overnight crew" minus Aprille. Last time we hiked together, we had to spend the night on the Waimalu Ridge trail. Hopefully today would yield better results...it did. With Sarah leaving in a few weeks back to college in the mainland, the OAG's needed to do a hike. Recently, choosing a group hike has been difficult. Our group has hikers with varying skills and abilities making it harder to choose certain hikes. Long story short, we chose to do Mt. Ka'ala in Waianae. The plan was simple, meet at Waianae Valley Road at 7:45am, go up Ka'ala, and go back. I picked up Darren at 7:00am and got to the trailhead at 7:50am. It seems like it takes longer and longer to get to Waianae from Mililani. Erik and Bernice got there at 7:48am. And Sarah, lets just say she got there at Hawaiian Time. As we got ready, Darren was eyeing Pu'u Kawiwi. We came across two University of Hawaii res...

Kawiwi to Waianae Kai – June 24, 2012 Baron invited me to this hike about a month ago. Joining us were a bunch of Oahu Weekend Hikers. We projected this hike to be about 8 hours, but it would turn out to be longer than that.   I’ve always wanted to get to Kawiwi and I’ve always wanted to get to No Name. Today, I did both. This hike is not for the acrophobes. If your not use to the exposure, this hike can make you queasy.   The summit of Kawiwi is part of Kamaileunu ridge, so is the connector to No Name and thereon. If you don’t know, Kamaileunu ridge separates Waianae and Makaha valley. If you take the ridge all the way to the top, you’ll end up at Mount Ka’ala (the highest mountain peak on Oahu).   Baron picked me up from my house at 6 am. My car is out of commission for reasons I won’t go into because it is a long story. The meeting place was at Waianae Steve's house, however he wouldn't be joining us today. I don't think he has done Kawiwi and may never will for r...