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| StarMan | December 2003 | |
| The Most awesome sunset! | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2007 8:33 pm | ||
| cdog | alone on the trail  Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2007 | |
| hiked up the Mauna Kea trail with my girlfriend, breaking her elevation record in the process. We really enjoyed this hike and how we got a nice workout midway through our ocean-focused vacation. Did not see any other hikers on the trail, but did see plenty of tourists and grad-student-types at the observatories near the summit. Pretty cool! Check out the Kona brewery if you're on the island. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 11:35 pm | ||
| rkymtn | Last minute decision Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2007 | |
| My wife and I debated allocating the time to do this. On the last full day of our trip we woke to an unusually clear day and decided to head up. After the summit, we checked out a few observatories - cool. Both the University of Hawaii and the W. M. Keck Observatories allowed minimal entry and had informational posters (W. M. Keck also had a video). Glad we did it. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2007 9:56 pm | ||
| SFMountaineer | Drove to the top Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2006 | |
| Alas, my sister got altitude sickness so I didn't have a chance to walk over to the actual summit. However it doesn't really matter, it is one of the most serene and beautiful places in the world. | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2007 12:17 pm | ||
| JPFINN81 | Mauna Kea Summit Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2007 | |
| This was unreal! The views were amazing and the landscape was out of this world. I felt like I was on the moon, not on a tropical island! The air was thin and the final push was tough, but it was all worth it. | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2007 8:32 pm | ||
| atavist | ams in paradise | |
| I actually felt some altitude sickness. It doesn't help to go from sea level to the summit in <6 hours. | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2007 11:23 am | ||
| Jerry S | Welcomed the ride down Date Climbed: Mar 24, 2007 | |
| Left Kona around 6:30am, arrived at visitor center at 8:00. It doesn't open until 9, but there was a ranger there to provide instructions to the trail head. After that, it was a pretty straight forward hike to the summit. I took the detour to the lake at 13,000ft, and it was well worth it. Hung out there for 20 min to eat, then made my push to the summit. I was huffing after 12,500, but made it to the summit after a total of about 4:45. Left the summit at 1:00pm, at about 12,500ft, the ranger drove by and offered a ride down, I took it. Nice hike - the ranger said they get about 5-7 hikers a week, so if you want solitude in HI, this is the one. Saw two patches of snow covering a total area of about 2ft. GW | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2007 7:55 am | ||
| The edge | HP #36 Date Climbed: Nov 9, 2002 | |
| Right in the middle of a school session... We flew there and stayed two days... One day to summit and the other one to tour the island... Thanks again Philip for the opportunity!!! | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2007 3:54 pm | ||
| lizrdboy | Road Trip | |
| Yeah, we drove it, not very sporting. The telescopes were in interesting though. | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2007 3:22 am | ||
| Wallylongridge | The Road Date Climbed: Nov 5, 1984 | |
| The road and the trail. Feel a little slow at about 12,000ft, but was able to made it to the top. Saw lots of people sitting around in Downsuits and me in shorts and a tee-shirt. | |
| Posted Feb 15, 2007 10:47 pm | ||
| caude | Good workout Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2007 | |
| Left our hotel in Kona at 8am and arrived at the visitors center at 9,200 feet around 9:30ish. A little under 4 hours to the summit via the Mauna Kea trail. No snow and temps in the mid-40s. Ate lunch and took some photos before descending. Descent took about 2.5 hours. Lake Wai-au appeared dry so we opted to skip the side trip. Cloudy and windy but a great hike! | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2007 9:23 pm | ||
| forjan | Humu`ula Trail from Onizuka Visitor Center Date Climbed: Nov 26, 2006 | |
| Left my hotel in Kona just past 6am. Arrive at the Onizuka Visitor Center (9,200') by 7:45am. Started hiking from there at 8:15am on the Humu`ula Trail (Mauna Kea Trail). Took a quick side trip to visit Lake Wai`au then traveled clockwise to check out all the telescopes (from the CalTech submillimeter telescope to the UK infrared telescope). Made the summit by 12:05pm. Stayed there for about half an hour. Started going down at 12:35pm. I tried hitch-hiking but no one gave me a ride, so I had to walk back down the trail. Got to my rental car by 2:15pm (6 hrs car-to-car). Fun, easy day on top of Hawaii. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2006 4:13 pm | ||
| Joerg Marretsch | Sorry for driving! Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2006 | |
| Start hiking Humu'ula Trail from Onizuka Visitor Center early in the morning. Due to more badly becoming weather (strong winds, clouds and falling temperatures) I gave up after one hour. Hike down to the rental-car (4WD) and drove up to the summit. Visibility at summit below 50 ft. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2006 2:38 pm | ||
| surgent | Took the short-hike route Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2006 | |
| My wife and I opted to go along a tour group. Leader was cool enough to let us out to hike over to the HP and back. Stargazing that night. Had a great time. A surreal place. | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2006 7:55 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 | ||
| Matt Worster | Honeymoon and a high point Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2006 | |
| Done during our honeymoon on the Big Island. Ain't my wife grand? :-) I check the "successful" box with a wry grin. Heehee! | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2006 6:00 am | ||
| Dan the Jones | Snow Date Climbed: Jan 23, 2005 | |
| Snow on Hawai'i - how crazy is that. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2006 3:42 am | ||
| regolithe | Longest Day! Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2006 | |
| This was an interesting day, We saw volcanoes, and were at sea level, and on top of a near 14,000 footer in the same day. Amazing. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2006 10:19 pm | ||
| osatrik | No snow! Date Climbed: Apr 2, 1986 | |
| My daughter and I reserved a potential ski adventure in Hawaii in 1986, alas a year of little to no snow in the islands. We hiked from Hale Pohaku. This was Vanessa's first 10,000 ft peak, but we hitch-hiked down to get back to the beach! I remember a fuel truck passing us on the way up -- he was going about 5 miles an hour. This was number 9 of my 49 state high points and Vanessa's 39. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:07 pm | ||
| JohnMcPike | Made it Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2006 | |
| It was an awesome terrain like no place else on earth. We did one of those tours at dusk because we didn't want to cope with driving. It was great we didn't have to drive to the top but we didn't think it was worth the price they charged. Anyhoo--still glad we did it. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2006 3:42 am | ||
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