Oahu Trails. Kathy Morey
Oahu: Overview of Principle Hiking Areas
Oahu Trails: Walks, Strolls and Treks on the Capital Isle
1st EDITION January 1993
2nd EDITION March 1999
3rd EDITION July 2005
4th printing 2011
Copyright © 1993, 1999, 2005 by Kathy Morey
Front and back cover photos copyright © 2005 by Kathy Morey
Interior photos, except where noted, by Kathy Morey
Maps: Kathy Morey
Cover design: Lisa Pletka and Jaan Hitt
Book design and production: Jaan Hitt and Larry B. Van Dyke
Book editor: Eva Dienel
ISBN: 978-0-89997-315-9
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| Cover photos: | Maunawili Falls (Trip 28) rewards hikers with a splash in its pool (front); Waimea Bay (Trip 43) (back, left); Mt. Olomama from Maunawili Trail (Trip 29) (back, right) |
| Frontispiece: | View from Manoa Cliffs (Trip 19) |
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Dedication
To Tom Winnett, who gave me the chance of a lifetime and who has bravely endured the consequences, which include having to expertly edit the resulting manuscripts. Thank you. (Tom Winnett is the Publisher Emeritus of Wilderness Press.)
Acknowledgments
Ken Luke and Wellington Kao, both Oahu natives now “exiled” to California, shared their memories of Oahu and of their favorite hiking trails and childhood haunts. Dan Masaki, born on Kauai and another “exile” on the mainland, shared many stories of Hawaii, including the story of Benny Kanahele (Trip 30).
I’m grateful to staff members at the Hawaii Nature Center in Makiki Valley on Oahu. They answered a number of questions, and I have taken advantage of the Hawaii Nature Center’s program of scheduled and very enjoyable hikes.
Thanks to Rabbit Kekai, who shared his anecdotes about and insights on Waikiki (Trip 32). Waikiki has been transformed almost beyond recognition, but Rabbit remains a beachboy in the best sense: To paraphrase Grady Timmons, not a professional but one who lives “for the ocean and for a lifestyle centered on the beach.”
Thanks to an inspiring group of men and women—“We’re just a bunch of retirees who get together for a couple of hikes on Wednesdays”—whom I happened to meet on the trail, and especially to one of their members, Billie, who identified a number of plants for me.
I am very much indebted to Jerry Schad. His use of icons to help summarize hikes in his outstanding Afoot & Afield series of guides for Southern California (available from Wilderness Press) inspired me to create and use icons in this book and in its predecessors, Kauai Trails, Maui Trails, and Hawaii Trails.
The quotation in “Geology and History, Natural and Human” from Leaving Home by Garrison Keillor, copyright © 1987 by Garrison Keillor, is used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.
I hope I have accurately and adequately reflected the information these people, and many others, provided directly or indirectly. Any misunderstanding or errors are my responsibility.
—Kathy Morey
Contents
Spoken Hawaiian: An Incomplete and Unauthoritative Guide
Geology and History, Natural and Human
Highways, Transportation and Trail Maps