kolohe_04sti

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HIIC HIKE Club Part 3

Kaluanui (Mariner's) Ridge Trail
Where: Hawaii Kai
When: June 29, 2008 @ 0815 ***RE-SCHEDULED***
Meet-up: 0800 Hawaii Kai Costco

Description:

Another "quietly popular" of trails for Oahu residents is Kaluanui Ridge (or commonly referred to as Mariner's Ridge because of the name of the residential area it starts in). It starts off as a dusty, shrubby climb ascent out of the residential lots. As you lose sight of the homes (about 15 to 25 minutes into the hike), the trail leads into stands of pine forests which provides nice shelter from the sun. The trail steepens as you close in on the terminus but it never requires hand-over-hand climbing.

What to Expect:
There's nothing freaky about this trail: no cliff-hanging or slippery climbs . The summit tends to be windy so watch your footing!

Expect heavy foot traffic especially late in the weekday as area residents often use it for an exercise route. For this reason, parking in the immediate trailhead location may be limited on busy days.

more info:
http://www.backyardoahu.com/index.html?trails2.shtml

Preview:



Mandatory Attendance : WALTER
Hikers: Jess, Mizzy, Jon and wife, Dom, Joey(?), Andy, Ted, Anthony, Patrick, Justin

dub81

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I knew that was coming!! You know my stealth abilities I honestly was planning to attend but thanks to another fellow HIIC member who called me at 2:20am that saturday morning and woke me up.. You know who you are!! Jus joking sir..Its all g baby.. This is the stairway one with the bunker located on the lower middle portion of the trail right??

04silverWRXSTI

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Count me in! Its like a 5 min drive to Costco

4080wrx

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Ted anyway we can make this on sunday (22nd)? Miz and I have a B-day party to attend that day. If not its cool....

Jess

kolohe_04sti

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i would...but we are flying out sunday for our family vacation. what time is the party on saturday? this hike should take us probably 2.5 hours the most, roundtrip...

4080wrx

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its a lunchtime party (so noonish)

kolohe_04sti

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we should be done way before that...

4080wrx

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if can maybe we can start a little earlier?

4080's_ReiJay

ted don't worry about it..i know early hour is a hassle for a few guys out here..and don't want to be the vip...no seriously..i know that it's a little hard to wake up when there's things going on..on a friday night mostly you know...so just stick with your original plan.....don't worry about us...there's always next time.... and also, i can't rush myself on saturday as well because we still gotta go and pick up the kids from my parents in town then back to white plains beach going towards the west side....for the party..so we're not going to make it..

mizzy

iNfEk

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ted, i'm not sure if we'll be on this one yet.

touge-n00b

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Sorry Ted, it looks like I'll be missing this one as well. I cant get off on the 21st, supposed to be really busy at the restaurant.:damnit:

4080wrx

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maybe schedule this for the 28th???

kolohe_04sti

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Re-scheduled for June 28th! I don't want you guys to miss this out as it is a beautiful hike. I've done this hike more than 6 times already and I still go back to it...

So who's down?

04silverWRXSTI

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I'm down... gives me a bit more time to get into better shape at the gym haha

iNfEk

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I definitely cannot on the 28th since my daughter is getting baptized.

have fun!