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| SkydiveKen | Quick Trip  Date Climbed: Dec 12, 2005 | |
| My third highpoint. Met my friend Wayne at the airport, drove to the observatory and walked over to the summit. Not very strenuous but this is Hawaii and I was on vacation with the family... quick and dirty. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2006 4:30 am | ||
| NavySeabee | My First Highpoint! Date Climbed: Mar 8, 2005 | |
| Took the easy route to the summit via the road. Ran into the author of one of the best tour books written for Hawaii called "Big Island Revealed". Look for my wife and I posing at the summit in the 4th edition when released. Weather was pretty mild. Absolutely amazing place!! | |
| Posted May 3, 2006 7:31 pm | ||
| nayrb | Highest Mountain in the World ... from the Sea Floor Date Climbed: May 31, 2002 | |
| Made it to the summit w/ my lovely bride. Since I probably will never get the chance to summit Everest ... I thought I would try to climb the highest mountain in the world ... if you consider it from the sea floor of the Pacific Ocean. | |
| Posted Apr 9, 2006 11:57 pm | ||
| NanitaD | Hiked up the road Date Climbed: Feb 23, 1998 | |
| When we started in the dark and missed the trailhead so just hiked up the road about 3/4 of the way. After several people stopped to offer rides we finally accepted one from someone who worked at one of the observatories. Once on top we hiked out to the true summit then ended up getting a ride back to the visitor's center. | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2006 1:40 pm | ||
| Larry V | Humu'ula Trail, March 2006 Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2006 | |
| Good trail when you could see it. Lots of snow above 12,500'. Two feet of rime ice on summit. Lots of threatening clouds, visibility below 50' at times. I was relieved when the trail route joined the road. Cold, high winds on summit. I got down just before a rare hailstorm ensued. 7 hours round trip from visitor center trailhead. 13 miles round trip. | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2006 4:34 am | ||
| Mountain Jim | Interesting summit Date Climbed: Feb 23, 1998 | |
| Climbed via the road. | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2006 4:19 am | ||
| Herb | Route Climbed: Road end to true summit Date Climbed: May 11, 2004 | |
| Nice experience to travel from 0 m to 4.205 m in a very short time with my girlfriend Irene. Big Island has so many beautiful and partly unique experiences to offer - from lava to snow and from giant-bamboo to waterfalls - densley packed on this exceptional island. Note: We met a pink VW Beetle on the Saddle road... :) | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2006 10:46 am | ||
| dyscti | Date Climbed: December 23rd | |
| No snow, but no other people either which made up for it. :) | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2006 4:03 pm | ||
| climberben | Route Climbed: Drove Date Climbed: 2 May 2005 | |
| We walked out that short little bit with high winds. I feel stupid signing this since we drove up. | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2005 5:31 am | ||
| Joseph Bullough | Route Climbed: Humu'ula Trail from Onizuka Visitor Center Date Climbed: Nov 6, 2005 | |
| A clear and excellent day, surprisingly warm (45-ish?) at the summit. Saw a number of cars driving up the summit road, but no other hikers on the trail that day. Saddle Road from Kona was no where near as bad as I expected. | |
| Posted Nov 14, 2005 8:38 am | ||
| edl | Route Climbed: Mauna Kea Trail Date Climbed: April, 2000 | |
| Most surrealistic hike I've ever done. Topping out among those huge telescope domes is a unique experience. The crux of the climb is driving the Saddle Road. | ||
| Posted Sep 23, 2005 4:19 pm | ||
| Ed F | Route Climbed: Trail from Visitor's Center Date Climbed: August 25, 2005 | |
| This is an otherworldly experience. We started the day at our hotel on the ocean, and climbed to almost 14000 feet. The landscape here is truly amazing. The clouds hung at about 6000 feet the entire day, so looking out over the clouds was stunning. 15 miles round trip to the summit, and a start at 9000 feet makes it a long day. Well worth it, though. The altitude didn't really affect me much - I guess I climbed it while I was still acclimated from Colorado. The only downside is that the final 1.5 miles forces you to hike on the road, which is kind of a bummer after having perfect solitude for 6 miles. Trip Report: Sea to Sky | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2005 5:45 pm | ||
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| ireyes | Re: Route Climbed: Trail from Visitor's Center Date Climbed: August 25, 2005 | |
| Did you go on foot the entire way from sea level? | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2006 11:49 am | ||
| shknbke | Route Climbed: from visitors center Date Climbed: July 24, 2005 | |
| climbed this unique volcano from the visitor's center. I felt the altitude even though I am from CO. Very out of this world experience although the trail isn't too much fun. Met my wife on top. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2005 6:01 pm | ||
| Shane Michelle | Route Climbed: Humu'ula Trail Date Climbed: 6/26/2005 | |
| My friend Michelle came up with the bright idea to "hike to the summit!" ... and me being almost equaly crazy said "let's go for it!" We got to the visitor's center and hung out for an hour then began the Humu'ula trail hike at 12:30 pm wanting to make summit by sunset and hitch a ride down, and it was an absolutely beautiful day for the "trek." We both are in pretty good shape, for 47 (me) and 20 (her) year olds, but the trail ascent (steepness) and thin air made it clear that we would "never do this again!" But we did it, hiked to the summit of Mauna Kea in just under 5 hours, watched an amazing sunset and hitched a ride down with 4 crazy englishmen, and it will live in us for the rest of our lives. Thank You Michelle, because if it wasn't for your "bright idea" i would never have gone there, even living here for almost all my life. Having a fear of heights i couldn't drive up there, so hiking it was the ONLY WAY i would experience something so incredible. Now, for Mauna Loa! | ||
| Posted Jun 29, 2005 6:28 pm | ||
| fortaz107 | Route Climbed: Main Road Date Climbed: 2001 | |
| I've driven up this mountain several times. It's strange to go from sea level to 14,000 in one hour. Getting up there and hiking the remaining few feet to the summit is really tough when youre not used to the altitude. I like the little Hawaiian display of arts and crafts on the summit. The views from the summit are great. When its clear, you can see Maui and all of the Big Island. Most times the clouds are way below the summit. The last time I was up there, it was the middle of June and it was snowing! The most popular time of day people go is around sunset so they can catch the day views and then see crystal clear night sky with no city lights. | ||
| Posted Jun 27, 2005 8:25 pm | ||
| annaleiserabinek | Date Climbed: November 20, 2004 | |
| Route Climbed: Da road. Date Climbed: November 20, 2004 Date Signed: Nov 24, 2004 01:14 AM Big props and much love to Cornvallis for making this a must do on our things to do in Hawaii list. Absolutely beautiful sunset. I'm ready to go back! | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2005 7:06 pm | ||
| leedog12 | Route Climbed: Mauna Kea Trail Date Climbed: May 18th, 2005 | |
| Drove up from the west side, Waikaloa beach area for a quick climb of the highest point in the Pacific. Started climb at the Onizuka Visitor's Center at 9200 feet. Nice day with little wind. Watch thermometer showed 57 degrees at the Visitor's Center and 49 degrees on the summit. I was the only climber on the entire trail. From rental car to summit and back to rental car was 6 hours and 30 minutes. Set a personal high altitude record, that is until I do Shasta next month. I was glad to be back at the beach by 2 PM to resume my relaxing vacation! | ||
| Posted May 25, 2005 3:21 pm | ||
| txmountaineer | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: 08 February 2005 | |
| Made out the Earth's curvature from the summit! It was a great day hiking with my wife. Daniel | |
| Posted May 15, 2005 10:58 am | ||
| jdavies212 | Route Climbed: Road end to summit Date Climbed: July 1996 | |
| Yup, did that 100-ft. elevation gain thing from the parking lot (equipment: rental car/Avis map). But I redeemed myself on Mauna Loa. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2005 11:57 pm | ||
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