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The Hawaiian Trail & Mountain Club Newsletter April - June 2003 |
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The Hawaiian Trail & Mountain Club Newsletter April - June 2003 |
SKI POLES DOES IT AGAIN!
100-YEAR-OLD HTMC MEMBER SETS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD!
Erwin Jaskulski, known to many long-time HTMC members as "Ski Poles," has just set a world record for his age group in the 400 meter run, with a time of 3:40.79. He became the first person over 100 years old to ever finish the race in a timed official meet.
The race was held at the University of Hawai`i track as part of the UH Sunset Series for older athletes. Erwin also holds the world record for the 100 meter and 200 meter runs in both the 95-99 and the 100+ age groups.
Congratulations Ski Poles!HTMC ANNUAL RESUME - MARCH 2003 Meeting every third Wednesday of the month at the clubhouse, and holding other discussions elsewhere be they on the trail or via email, the Board of Directors has been busy handling the day-to-day business of the Club, addressing many issues, including trail access, liability insurance, hiking safety, bylaws issues, among others.
Volunteer efforts by a dedicated cohort of club members have focused on an array of activities such as maintaining and improving our Waimanalo property, clearing and maintaining the trails in our inventory of hikes, and scheduling and coordinating our hikes and events. Mahalo nui to all who make HTMC the strong organization it is.
Two Directors positions need to be filled by election this year. Nominations will be taken from the floor, SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003, 2:00 PM AT THE CLUBHOUSE.
Additionally, changes to the bylaws will be proposed at the April 6 meeting. For those desiring to review the suggested changes, visit this URL on the web:
http://geocities.com/htmclub/bylaws
Available there are the proposed changes as well as the current bylaws. For those desiring a hardcopy of the proposed changes, please phone HTMC recording secretary Carmen Craig at 261-5257 (no calls before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m., please).
Club highlights since April 2002:
April 2002
¨ Dayle Turner is elected president; Myra Dombrowski, vice president; Mike Algiers, treasurer; Carmen Craig, recording secretary; Ralph Valentino, corresponding secretary; and Laura Owens, accountant.
¨ Life membership is bestowed on Richard "Dick" Davis.
¨ Membership approves dues increase. Yearly individual dues are increased to $20, family dues to $30, and life membership to $600.
¨ Maria Mankoff ends her stint as clubhouse resident.May 2002
¨ Slide show by John Hall and Fred Dodge--North Kohala adventure.
¨ HTMC board approves paying an increased amount to obtain more liabililty insurance for access to trails in the Haleiwa mauka area on Kamehameha Schools lands.
¨ Powder Edge offers HTMC members a 10% discount on regularly priced items in their Oahu stores.June 2002
¨ Mariner's Ridge, aka Kaluanui Ridge, is welcomed back into the club's trail inventory.
¨ Slide show by Kost Pankiwskyj--Hawaiian Plants
¨ Club reps work to forge out a memorandum of understanding with Na Ala Hele for issues related to trail maintenance
¨ Club reps meet with leaders of the Oahu Pig Hunters' Association to share issues and talk story.July 2002
¨ Slide show by Ralph Valentino and friends--Na Pali Coast Adventure.
¨ Dues increase are in effect as of July 1.
¨ HTMC board expresses support for residents of Wailupe Valley for a proposed low-impact parking area at the end of Hao Street.August 2002
¨ Pat Rorie coordinates a backpack trip to Waimanu on the Big Island.
¨ HTMC reps meet with reps of the Nature Conservancy to discuss the future of the Honouliuli Preserve in the Waianae Mountains.September 2002
¨ Slide show by Joby Rohrer and Mike Leech--Conservation issues.
¨ Laura Owens and Thea Ferentinos are appointed as hike coordinators.
¨ Peter Kempf is appointed as chair of the property management committee.
¨ Existing use permit is approved by the C&C, which allows the club to consolidate the two lots on its Waimanalo property into a single lot and also allows the club to build a replacement structure for the clubhouse, if the need or desire arises.October 2002
¨ Pat Rorie coordinates a campout in Kaaawa Valley.
¨ June Miyasato is appointed chair of the Entertainment committee.November 2002
¨ Joyce Oka coordinates an all-wahine hike on Hawaii Loa Ridge trail.
¨ NEW HIKE: Kalua'a in the Waianae Range.
¨ Thea Ferentinos and Jay Feldman are appointed vice-chairs of the membership and property management committees, respectively.
¨ HTMC members participate in a search for a missing hiker in the Tantalus area.
¨ Membership chair Justin Ohara works to establish a collaborative partnership between HTMC and the Koke'e Resources Conservation Program.January 2003
¨ HTMC members participate in the multi-day search for a missing hiker in Nuuanu.
¨ HTMC is featured in the January edition of Oahu Islands News.
¨ Trail maintenance chair Mabel Kekina is featured in local news stories for her role in recent search and rescue operations.February 2003
¨ $1000 donation to the Ka'ala Farms Cultural Learning Center is approved.
¨ Honorary membership to the club is conferred on Paul Breton.
¨ Construction of a new staircase on the mauka side of the clubhouse commences.
¨ Mokuleia backpack campout, coordinated by Carole K. Moon and Ken Suzuki, is a success.March 2003
¨ HTMC board explores possibility of placing dues from life membership into a fund separate from the general fund. A final decision is forthcoming.
¨ Club hikers come upon the body of a man on the Konahuanui trail during a club outing.Respectfully submitted,
Dayle K. Turner
President, Hawaiian Trail and Mountain ClubA TRIP TO LAKE WAIAU Jim Pushaw Yesterday I set off to see if there was any ice on Lake Waiau, high up onMauna Kea. It has been quite cold this year at that elevation (below freezing every night), but not as much snow as last year. There is still some visible snow even though it fell on February 14th, so I was wondering if the lake was frozen at one point and just maybe still had some ice that hadn't fully melted.
Motoring up old Saddle Road, I passed several convoys of our Army men heading out for training. Some of the trucks were so huge that we both were hard pressed to stay on the roadway as we passed each other. As I glanced to my right, seeing more military vehicles leaving huge clouds of dust far off in the distance, I noticed that very little snow was visible on Mauna Loa. We have been experiencing a slight warming trend for the last few days, right after our 3rd snowfall of the season last week. In fact all of that light snowfall has already melted, so what we can see from below must be deep snowdrifts that melt very slowly.
I turned left onto the Mauna Kea access road and in no time stopped at the Onizuka Visitor Center (elev. 9,000 feet). It is good to "hang around" there for a while, just to get a bit acclimated to the elevation. While there I could see the Pu'u O'o vent spewing forth a bright white plume of smoke and fumes. (I have to get there one day to see that! Imagine looking down into the boiling caldera!) One more thing to mention about the visitor center is that they sell exact replicas of the Mauna Kea summit benchmark! For $34 you can own a duplicate of that famous mark.
OK, back to the trip. Winding my way up the 4+ miles of unpaved road, it was perfectly clear and sunny in all directions and I never passed one other vehicle. It was a relief to get off the bumpy dirt road and onto the paved road to the summit. I passed Pu'u Hau Kea on the left and decided to head to the left fork in the road instead of the usual way up to the summit. That brought me in the direction of many other observatories and of Pu'u Poliahu (elev. 13,631), but I passed it by just to see where the road goes. It becomes a dirt road with signs posted: Speed limit 10, please keep the dust down, and it follows the back edge of the summit area, giving the viewer spectacular views of Kohala, Waimea and Halea-kala. Further along I stopped to admire the craters to the northeast, including Pu'u Poepoe, Pu'u Ala, Pu'u Hoaka, Red Hill and Pu'u Makanaka. I completed the circle, stopping at the highest point (for the road, at least), and noticed about 6 hikers atop the actual summit of Mauna Kea (elev. 13,796).
Now today I was here to check out Lake Waiau, so I just took a few pictures and headed out. I decided to hike up Pu'u Poliahu first,knowing that it would provide me a great view of Lake Waiau. Named for the Snow Goddess, Pu'u Poliahu towers over the landscape, including Pu'u Waiau and Lake Waiau. By the way, for you snow boarders, skiers, or boogie boarders: while looking down the steep, yet smooth slope, I could definitely envision a mighty wild and scary ride to the bottom, as it is quite steep! I did encounter plenty of snow, of the snowdrift variety, on the way up, but it was only in patches. When I got to the summit I checked the temp-erature, finding it a cool 40 degrees at a bright, sunny 11:30 AM. Of course the wind made it even colder than that. Well I could now see the surface of Lake Waiau rippling a bit from the breezes, so I knew that it was definitely not froz- en. Tiny patches of snow were visible right near the shore however.
Going down was much faster than going up, of course, and before long I was on the trail to Waiau. Knowing exactly where it was, as I had been there before, I went cross country a bit to be able to stand above the lake. It was a great view. At lake's edge I thought I would take the water temperature (absolutely no thoughts of swimming!) and surprisingly found it to be 60 degrees. I figured that it means that the lake is very shallow, and the sun does its job to heat it up. (Sure enough, when I got home I looked it up, finding the lake to be about 2 acres in size and 10 feet deep.) I then climbed up the other side of the lake to Pu'u Waiau and followed its curving edge back to the trail and back to my Jeep. The trip down the road was through heavy clouds, making me wish that I had taken some pictures on the way up. Oh, well......I will remember that the next time.
Lastly, because I had some extra time, I stopped at Pu'u Huluhulu which is directly across from the Mauna Kea access road. I hiked up and around on the "nature trail". It is actually one of the tallest kipuka that you may find, surrounded time and time again by Mauna Loa flows. There are many native plants and some towering koa trees thriving there. Imagine what the whole island would look like if it were covered with old growth koa tree forests!
A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK John Hall
[An account of the remarkable growth of midweek hiking on O'ahu]
Several decades ago, four old HTMC members, Harry Whitten, Phil and Charlie Adams, and Lloyd Talcott, decided to set up a group that they called the "Over-the-Hill Gang" to hike on Wednesdays. I joined this group when I retired from the University in 1993. I knew of a number of other people who were interested in hiking during the week, but soon became aware that one of the guiding principles of the OTHG was a desire to maintain the group as a small, intimate collection of friends, which precluded much growth in its size. In fact, the group roster is limited to about 16 members, which includes one dog and several people who reside on the Mainland or the Big Island, and so do not join us regularly. Because of this, I felt that there was a call to set up a second midweek hiking society that would be open to everyone interested in such an activity. I printed an announcement in this Newsletter, and collected the names and phone numbers of a number of people who wanted to participate. In October, 1998, 10 people met at the top of 'Aiea State Park to organize a hiking group and to hike the 'Aiea Bisectual Loop. I had chosen this loop on the assumption that most of the people free to hike midweek would be retirees and that they would prefer something a little more interesting than the well-trodden State trails, but still relatively short and easy.
As the group, which has come to be known as Solemates, evolved, the hikes have become somewhat more strenuous, until they often approach an average HTMC Sunday hike in difficulty, and it is one of my regrets that some of the charter members of the group have largely ceased to participate for this reason, although the fact that notice of future hikes is sent out by e-mail, which many of them do not have, is another factor. Apparently there is still room on O'ahu for another midweek hiking group that would cater to these people!
Solemates has developed as a unique "organization" that has no formal membership, no dues, no officers, and meets only to hike or party. I explained at the organizational meeting that I was interested in several other groups that were active on Wednesday, and as this day seemed to be preferred by the majority of those present for their hikes, I would only be able to participate every second or third week. Pete Sofman, an HTMC member and pilot for United Airlines, undertook the chore of sending weekly e-mails to let participants know where to meet. Hikers assemble at the trail head at 9:30 am, which allows most of us to avoid the worst of the rush hour, and generally hike as far as they choose, with most returning to the cars by 3:00 or 4:00 pm or before. One experienced hiker, usually David Frost, brings up the rear on the return to see that everyone has come out safely. David also maintains a count of the group and tries to insure that as many people come out as started, although as the group size grows, and some people come late, this is often difficult. When I lead a hike, I tell the gang that I always bring back everyone who started - plus or minus 10%. But of course, we really aim for 100%. Not infrequently there is an informal pot-luck get together at a nearby participants home afterward.
After Pete retired and moved back to Connecticut, David Frost took over the e-mailing chores. David and his partner, Roger Sorrell, have remained the backbone of the group. Every week, David sends out an attractive e-mail that now reaches over 200 people! It contains a description of the next hike, which includes detailed instructions for reaching the trail head, following the format of the popular trail guides published by HTMC member, Stuart Ball; a calendar of hikes planned for the next 2-6 weeks; and a brief description of the events of the previous week's hike. Finally, there is a statement of the principles by which Solemates operates, including such familiar statements as "each person takes responsibility for their own safety.." David selects the hikes, with input from many others, including old time hikers from HTMC, and we now have an annual hiking cycle. Quite often the hikes follow those of HTMC in order to take advantage of recently cleared trails.
Too many HTMC members participate in the group to list them all, but they include such Club notables as President Dayle Turner, who sometimes hikes with the group when his school is not in session, Board members Peter Kempf and Jay Feldman, who come with us when there is a particularly interesting hike planned or they are desperate and can find nothing more exciting to do, Newsletter Editor Richard McMahon, and those two venerable old lags from Mabel Kekina's Trail Maintenance Chain Gang, Bill Gorst and John Hall (the author of this screed).
In addition to weekly day hikes, members have organized several hiking trips to the outer islands, spending several days at the Kileaua Military Camp in Volcano National Park on one occasion, and most recently, renting 3 cabins in Koke'e for 16 people who spent 4 days hiking in this beautiful area. At present, some people are talking vaguely of an overseas trip - perhaps to New Zealand, Nepal, the Austrian Alps, or possibly the Canadian Rockies or the Adirondacks. We shall see!
As mentioned above, our e-mail roster now exceeds 200 addresses. Not everyone turns out for every hike, of course, but on a fairly typical hike which I attended, the February 19 excursion up Kealia to the Makua Valley overlook, we had about 34 people on the trail, and HTMC members Loren and Yukie Anthony hosted an hour or two of talk and refreshments at their home afterwards. Thus weekly attendance is beginning to approach the turn-out for HTMC Sunday hikes. This impresses me as being remarkable growth for an informal group not yet 5 years old It has been made possible only by the availability of the internet and e-mail, and the creative and conscientious use that David Frost has made of it. I certainly had no idea my baby would grow so vigorously or that there would be such an interest in midweek hiking when I called that first meeting 4½ years ago!A FANTASTIC HIKING WEEKEND Patrick Rorie
This past weekend I did two awesome hikes. Forgive me if I sound like I am honking my own horn, I don't mean to. I simply want to share the experience with other hiking enthusiasts.
As always, gorgeous weather set the table for a marvelous weekend of hiking-- mostly sunny, completely clear Waianae Range and Ko'olau summits for the most part, outstanding visual clarity and a cooling trade zephyr 10 to 20 mph.
== Saturday, February 8, 2003 Piliwale Ridge-Ko'olau Summit-Olympus Windward Loop
Jason Sunada gave me the idea for this one. I finally worked up the courage to attempt Piliwale Ridge (the steep narly ridge in Maunawili Valley that connects to the taller of the Konahuanui twin peaks). After parking on Lopaka in Maunawili Estates subdivision, I started walking up a paved road leading to a water tank at 8:15 am. By 9 am I had reached a prominent notch in the ridge (elev. 1630') where I paused to hydrate and prepare myself mentally for the hazardous climb to come. After dropping down into and then scrambling out of the notch, I discovered an old grey cable and employed the climbing aid to ascend the first 15 feet. Once above the cable, I carefully negotiated a series of ledges, crawling on hands and knees to keep my center of gravity as close to the ground as possible. The ridge is wide enough here, but the steep exposed pitch is eroded and some of the rock is rotten.
With the frame of an external backpack hanging on a tree to my left (Waimanalo side), I completed the ascent to the highest ledge in this section, but not before spending several minutes probing for solid handholds/footholds. Upon finding what seemed to be solid handholds, I lunged upward hoping the rocks wouldn't come loose. Thankfully, they didn't, and I reached the top of this initial 200' segment above the notch unscathed, breathing a sigh of relief.
Conclusion: In my opinion, there are at least two places along the first 200' above the notch that are unsafe and require ropes.
Twenty feet higher, I encountered uluhe and other native flora. Other than one final steep exposed eroded tract (not as bad as the lower ones) and a short exposed narrow pitch (white cable available to assist) it was only a matter of climbing through thick vegetation to gain the Ko'olau summit. The danger zone ends above the 2000' level where a small heavily vegetated hanging gully comes in on the right (Kaneohe side). En route to the summit, I snapped several photos which I plan to send to ofoto for processing.
At 11:15 am, three hours after commencing the hike from Lopaka, I acquired the highest point on the Ko'olau Mountain Range (elev. 3150'). I spent over twenty minutes resting there, enjoying the clear views and watching three apapane in flight. At 11:39 am I began traversing the Ko'olau spine hoping to rendezvous with Dayle, Wing, Ed and Scott somewhere between Konahuanui and Mount Olympus. Unfortunately, I dilly-dallied en route, delighting in the wonderful vistas of Maunawili Valley to windward and Manoa Valley to lee, as well as the rich variety of native flora found there. Between 1 and 1:30 pm I consumed a late lunch adjacent to a bowl-shaped depression located just below and on the Waimanalo side of Luaalaea east ridge summit. After lunch, I continued east along the Ko'o-lau spine, eventually negotiating the lone ironwood and infamous sedan sized rock. Upon discovering a lost section of the Olympus -Castle Trail, I pretty much stayed on this graded contour footpath all the way to the base of Mount Olympus.
After traversing Mount Olympus, I began slabbing along Olympus' windward face at 3:01 pm. I had some trouble finding the swath leading down to the saddle, but when I realized that I hadn't contoured far enough, I slabbed farther, discovered the swath and took it to the saddle. The descent to the saddle did not come easy, however, for I got poked and prodded almost continuously by woody clidemia hirta plants (I even got poked in the crotch - how humiliating!). From the saddle to Ed's webbing was no picnic either, for I got hung up numerous times in 'ie'ie and other vines (I would have paid big bucks for a pair of hand-held cutters in this stretch).
Mercifully, upon reaching the uluhe section, I escaped the tangle and followed the path all the way down to the Maunawili Demo Trail, the total descent of the Olympus Windward ridge requiring about 1.5 hours to complete. At 4:40 pm I began hiking the wide, graded contour Maunawili Trail, a bit of an anticlimax. When I reached the junction with Piliwale Ridge some 3.5 miles later, I descended to Maunawili Estates, approaching the pat-mobile at 6:10 pm.
Notes:
A big mahalo to the late Silver Piliwale for pioneering the route along Piliwale Ridge and to Dayle and Ed for plowing through thick vegetation en route to a spot on the Ko'olau summit near Mount Olympus.
== Sunday, February 9, 2003 Waiahole Valley to Pacific Palisades
Ed Gilman and I had planned to do this trek a while ago, but bad weather or schedule conflicts kept it from happening until Sunday. Rendezvoused with Ed Sunday morning at the top of Pacific Palisades in Pearl City. From Palisades, we car pooled to Waiahole Valley and once at the Spencer property, continued mauka on foot at 8:15 am.
Ed and I reached the base of the steep windward ridge dubbed Kipapa Windward in about 45 minutes via the graded contour Waiahole Ditch Trail. Following a quick hydration/pee break, up, up we went all the way to the Ko'olau summit. At the stacked remains of an old Army cabin near a grove of tall sugi pines, we paused to hydrate, and I switched into long pants. Upon acquiring the Kipapa summit (elev. 2786') via the graded contour Ko'olau Summit and Kipapa Ridge trails, the two of us removed our water stash from under an ohi'a tree and then loaded the bottles into our packs. Unfortun-ately, my water had decomposed, for it tasted like sewer water (yuck!), but I drank it anyway hoping I wouldn't get sick. Turned out Ed had plenty to spare. Shame on me for not asking Mr. Gilman for his surplus.
Leaving the Kipapa summit behind, Ed and I began tramping south along the Ko'olau spine at 10:45 am into truly wild and remote terrain. Not only did we experience breathtaking views along the summit, but we also spotted a wealth of native flora, including a few tremato lobelias in bloom.
In about half an hour, the two of us arrived at the small ravine where Dayle, Peter Caldwell, Gene Robinson, Laredo Murray and myself once slept in our respective tents in October of 1997. A night I will never forget. To read about that adventure, click on http://www2.hawaii.edu/~turner/ohe/Oct97/mother.htm The spot now shows signs of pig rooting.
Pressing on, Ed and I hiked over the apex of the ridge separating north Waiahole Valley from south Waiahole Valley, a locale not far from the ravine. A short distance ahead, the whole of south Waiahole Valley (including its massive hanging gulch/waterfall chute) came into view, and we marveled at the sight of the sheer walls (most over 2000' high) encompassing this amphitheater valley. Unfortunately, looking leeward, the two of us identified a sizeable manuka forest on the slopes of Kipapa Ridge. Farther ahead, we discovered a broad region to leeward of the Ko'olau summit containing a stream bed (headwaters of north Waiawa Stream?) filled only with a couple pools of water (definitely not flowing). Beyond this broad region, we traveled above a tributary of north Waiawa Stream as it bends around the base of a conical pu'u.
Descending gradually, Ed and I passed through the former home of na pua'a. I remember seeing pigs (one the size of a large dog) moving frantically to and fro below us as Gene Robinson and I approached the "nest" in late May of 1998. Now all that's left is a tangle of alien weeds and a tall guava tree.
Eventually, Ed and I arrived at the Waiawa Dip/Gap (approx. elev. 2100'), the lowest point on the Ko'olau Mountain Range between Waimano and Laie, getting there at 12:45 pm. With a significant climb forthcoming, we spent half an hour consuming lunch, relaxing and taking in the vista at the spot. After the respite, I led our duo out of the Waiawa Dip. This part of the trek was certainly a grind due to thick uluhe along the Ko'olau crest, together with the elevation gain necessary to reach the Corner, a unique feature of the Ko'olau Range where the summit ridge suddenly bends sharply south after having veered gradually to the east, forming a corner on the topo map.
Ed and I methodically tramped toward the Corner, but as I felt fatique and dehydration setting in, Gilman spent most of the time in the ram-rod position, without complaint. Nonetheless, when we caught a glimpse of Manana Ridge across upper Manana Valley, it seemed to give us renewed vigor to complete the middle leg of our journey, Kipapa summit to the Manana summit.
At 3:20 pm the two of us enjoyed passing through the broad, windy, grassy region that is the Corner, and I noticed a small pool of water in a drainage a short distance below. Finally, much to our delight, we acquired the top of the Manana Ridge Trail (elev. 2660') at 3:45 pm and took a much needed break. Unable to stomach any more of my "sewer" water, I gladly accepted Ed's offer to drink some of his reserve.
Hydrated and rested, the two of us enjoyed the windward view from the Ko'olau summit one more time, then commenced the last leg of our odyssey, a 6-mile ramble along the Manana Ridge Trail. Gilman led the way and set a brisk pace. Despite its propensity for ups and downs, Manana's obvious footpath and relatively clear route brought mental relief on a day when route finding and watching (quite literally) every step along the Ko'olau spine depleated a big chunk of energy, both mental and physical. The cool afternoon temperatures and the manner in which the sun illuminated the Ko'olau summit behind us made the open ridge walk of upper Manana fairly pleasant. I even recognized a lone gaudichaudii near the trail.
After enduring roller coaster action, Ed and I reached the helipad and paused briefly to hydrate. In the lower portion of the trail, we cruised along the open ridge (it felt like coming down the home- stretch), several iliahi trees among an abundance of koa, followed by introduced pines and paperbark trees. In the eucalyptus forest canopy, the two of us met a pig hunter searching for a lost dog. When the local gentleman asked if we had gone to the summit, I replied..."Uhhhh, not exactly. We started our hike in Waia-hole Valley."
The hunter's eyes shot wide open, his face filled with a look of astonishment. "That's crazy!", he exclaimed. Upon bidding farewell to the hunter and wishing him success in finding his lost canine, I asked Ed jokingly... "Haven't I heard that expression before?" Soon the two of us arrived at the top of the paved water tank road, and returned to civilization at the top of Komo Mai (lit. "welcome") Drive at 6:40 pm as darkness began setting in.
Notes:
While I'm proud of what Ed and I achieved on Sunday, it is better to split this trek into two days by camping at the summit. Because we had to keep moving, I snapped only two photos, and Ed didn't even bring his camera. What a pity since Sunday was such a beautiful day. Having hiked the Ko'olau crest between Kipapa and Manana on Sunday, Ed Gilman has now completed all of the sane sections along the Ko'olau Summit Ridge. Congratulations to Ed on a superb accomplishment.MICONIA REMOVAL Steve Brown
Join members of HTMC, the Sierra Club, and others, to help rid Oahu of this inva-sive threat to our environ-ment. Bring insect repel-lant & rain gear. Work area is off-trail and brushy; long pants/shirt & clear lens eye protection is nee-ded. Bring a machete IF you are handy with one. Call the leader for more info.
Saturday, April 12 - Leader: Mike Leech, 286-4616
Saturday, May 10 - Leader: Mike Leech, 286-4616
Saturday, June 14 - - Leader: Mike Leech, 286-4616
Saturday, July 12 - Leader: Mike Leech, 286-4616NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS
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