Hiking Trails on Oahu

Piliwale-Lulumahu - January 2, 2015 This hike was intriguing for 2 reasons 1) I get to have a chance to do Lulumahu Ridge 2) Hike with Heather again. Back in about 2011-12, someone cleared Lulumahu Ridge to K1. Whoever did it worked extremely hard as its not an easy ridge to clear. I also get to hike with Heather again, she has been on hiatus for about 1 year. Last time I hiked with her was in 2013 when we did the epic hike Waiahole-Manana. Heather and I have this running joke that I'm the imaginary friend of Marvin. In the good old days I use to hike with Marvin a lot, and then Marvin use to hike with Heather a lot. My name came up in conversation during those hikes. Marvin the good man he is use to schedule hikes where Heather and I would meet. But I would bail on all of those hikes. Heather started to think I was Marvin's imaginary friend. The joke would continue on facebook, until we finally did a hike in 2013. Heather did quite a bit of running in 2013-14, so I saw her a f...

Piliwale – February 17, 2012 This hike had it all – a dangerous ridge, summit crossing, trail connecting, all ending in a waterfall. It all starts with Silver Piliwale. He was a long time hiker for the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club (HTMC). If you recall, the goal of the HTMC is to find and maintain old Hawaiian trails. In ancient times, message runners called kukini delivered messages to Ali’i chiefs of ruling valleys. Any important message needed to be delivered as quickly as possible so communication would be at a premium. The kukini would have to find a quick route over the mountains to neighboring valleys. The best kukini would keep their routes a secret for life and only pass it on to their children. I digress; Silver Piliwale was a fearless hiker who would re-discover these routes created by the kukini. Silver Piliwale also pioneered many other routes. One route Silver Piliwale pioneered was a ridge on the windward side that goes straight up to Konahuanui (The Ko’olau’s larges...