If you want a hike in Kauai that takes you off-the-beaten path to waterfalls that mostly only locals know about, this hike is for you. The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook outed this trail, calling it the “Best Hidden Gem” of the east shore, but even with this guidebook cred, the hard-to-find trailhead and entirely unmarked trail …
The Kuilau Ridge Trail is an easy hike convenient to the east shore of Kauai that offers some gorgeous views of Mount Waialeale and the Makaleha Mountain Range. The trail is part of Hawaii’s Na Ala Hele trail and access system and leads to a well maintained (and mowed) grassy plateau with a small pavilion …
If you are looking for an adventure hike or backpack in Kauai, Na Pali Coast State Wilderness Park is sure to come up. This northern most coast of Kauai is not accessible by road, so if you really want to experience it you need to hike, kayak, boat or helicopter by it. While you can experience …
Hiking for most of us is a social experience. Hiking 18 miles alone has its pluses for introspection and learning yourself, but doing it with a group of friends gabbing on the trail makes the miles fly by and the creates shared experiences. I personally love how social tools like foursquare, Facebook and twitter can …
Muir Woods National Monument is a major tourist destination in the Bay Area with good reason. The majestic redwood trees are a wonder of Mother Nature as the only old-growth coastal redwood forest remaining in the Bay Area. The gurgling Redwood Creek runs through a forest that is lush and green with ferns, banana slugs and …
I know it’s been a few weeks… and a lot has happened in that time. I did an 18-mile hike south of Pacifica at Montara Mountain (photos to come) where I injured my knee. Spent the next two weeks avoiding walking, wearing a knee brace, icing my knee and praying for it to heal in …
Pretty amazing to think back over our training season. We started off with a 2-hour hike, working our way up to a 5.5 hour hike a few weeks back on Mt. Diablo that seemed pretty tough. Yesterday topped them all though. We hiked from Muir Woods up to the top of Mt. Tamalpais’ East Peak, …
I promised this earlier but I’ve been so busy with the training & fundraising… at least that’s my excuse. While I may not have been updating the blog regularly, I was still training, I swear. Here’s a quick recap of my last two major hikes before I make a post about yesterday’s uber hike (with …
My hike buddy Debbie and I had our first-ever book swap in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. For those of you who came out, thank you! I hope you had fun and left with some books you are excited to read. I had a blast, even though it did get a tad crowded …
When I hiked the Grand Canyon for LLS, choosing my trail was easy. I picked the toughest one. Done. This time I’ve been having an internal debate that would drive you batty if you could hear it. (Be glad it’s internal). My instinct, like last time, “Go for the toughest one!” But it isn’t quite …
