so i didn't even know this place existed (well, i knew koko head, but didn't know there was a hike in/on it), so when my friend shannon invited me on this hike, i thought it'd be pretty cool... but i really should've asked a little more about it... cause when we got there this is what i saw:
and i said, holy crap we're going up there?
the whole way was just one big stairway, like some old railroad track that went straight up the side of the mountain, pretty cool actually. i wasn't anxious about going up, because even though it was steep, there was brush on each side unless you look straight down the way you came you can't really tell you're that high. but once you turn around...
you get to see this... you can see all of hawaii kai and honolulu (even the waikiki skyline in the background). off to the other side, as you get higher and higher you can peek over the mountain into hanauma bay. of course, if it were just one straight stairway all the way up it'd be no problem, sore legs the next day but easy right? nope, it can't be that easy... about halfway up there's this "bridge:"
you can't tell from the picture (or maybe you can by the creepy smile on my face) but i'm scared outta my gourd right now. the wooden crossbars are pretty thick, but they're also pretty far apart, and below you is just air... i'm sure no one falls, but you definately could, and that freaks me out. i wasn't even gonna go beyond this point, but frickin' shannon just starts climbing the damn thing and as i'm freaking out she's across already so what am i gonna just sit there and wait for her to come all the way back down? nah, it was good thing, i think if i had sat there any longer thinking about it i wouldn't NEVER went across that bridge...
but i did! woo hoo! and that's how i did it, the whole way, the whole agonizingly slow and terrifying way. after that it was all gravy, i was damn sure gonna make it to the top if i went over that scary-ass bridge (on the way down we talked to some lady who ran up and down the whole thing twice daily... made me feel pretty dumb, but anyway she showed us a way around the bridge that was pretty simple, so next time i'll definately do that, it was no prob).
so here's my reward for forcing myself over that bridge, the view was sweet!
up at the top you can see all the way to waikiki... and on the other side of the crater you can see sandy's too. it was cool, up top there were some old shelters, or maybe military lookout posts or whatever, pretty cool.
overall pretty damn awesome though. and look, i didn't even know this place existed... i'm gonna have to get out a lot more!
and i said, holy crap we're going up there?
the whole way was just one big stairway, like some old railroad track that went straight up the side of the mountain, pretty cool actually. i wasn't anxious about going up, because even though it was steep, there was brush on each side unless you look straight down the way you came you can't really tell you're that high. but once you turn around...
you get to see this... you can see all of hawaii kai and honolulu (even the waikiki skyline in the background). off to the other side, as you get higher and higher you can peek over the mountain into hanauma bay. of course, if it were just one straight stairway all the way up it'd be no problem, sore legs the next day but easy right? nope, it can't be that easy... about halfway up there's this "bridge:"
you can't tell from the picture (or maybe you can by the creepy smile on my face) but i'm scared outta my gourd right now. the wooden crossbars are pretty thick, but they're also pretty far apart, and below you is just air... i'm sure no one falls, but you definately could, and that freaks me out. i wasn't even gonna go beyond this point, but frickin' shannon just starts climbing the damn thing and as i'm freaking out she's across already so what am i gonna just sit there and wait for her to come all the way back down? nah, it was good thing, i think if i had sat there any longer thinking about it i wouldn't NEVER went across that bridge... 
but i did! woo hoo! and that's how i did it, the whole way, the whole agonizingly slow and terrifying way. after that it was all gravy, i was damn sure gonna make it to the top if i went over that scary-ass bridge (on the way down we talked to some lady who ran up and down the whole thing twice daily... made me feel pretty dumb, but anyway she showed us a way around the bridge that was pretty simple, so next time i'll definately do that, it was no prob).
so here's my reward for forcing myself over that bridge, the view was sweet!
up at the top you can see all the way to waikiki... and on the other side of the crater you can see sandy's too. it was cool, up top there were some old shelters, or maybe military lookout posts or whatever, pretty cool. 
overall pretty damn awesome though. and look, i didn't even know this place existed... i'm gonna have to get out a lot more!
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yay to hiking! i haven't done much lately since it's been rainy and i don't like to actually do stuff in the rain, besides stand in it. anyways, i never knew about that place either. there are tons of books on hiking, you should definitely check them out. fun! i like how you went from wife beater to shirtless. show off.
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