Has anyone heard of anyone climbing Mauna Kea from sea level? I'll be doing this in the coming weeks and was hoping to hear of how it was done. I have a plan of action already but a little help never hurts.

I was wondering about this too. Theres big sugar farms and ranches there, and when I drove thru the area there were no parks that I saw. Coming from the rainy side would be a more pleasant hike, but it might be private land. Coming from the dry side would be hot!

But theres supposed to be an awesome hike up Mauna Loa...