Oahu Family Trip

With everyone slowly moving out of the house and becoming busy, my parents decided to organize the only trip in living memory that wasn't camping. We had a good mix of hiking and just hanging around in whatever bay or pool.

Mount Kaala Trail

Nice long trail (11-ish km) which mainly just goes up a ridge. The first couple kilometers is pretty uneventful since you’re just going up a steep service road, but the rest of the trail gives a great view of the island. Lots of ladders, rope climbs, and scrambling through muddy inclines. We ended up stopping pretty close to the summit because there was an steep incline covered in much which, if someone let go of the rope or slipped, they’d be jetissoned off the mountain. It's definitely further away than the typical hikes; we passed one person over the entire hike.

View of an adjacent ridge from partway up Mount Kaala.

Kuliouou Ridge Trail

Trades ropes and ladders for steep slippery steps. Arguably a nicer view than Mount Kaala, shorter, and easier to get to. Also way more trafficked.

View from near the top of the trail; quite similar to Kaala, but nicer and less sketchy.

Koko Head

Absolutely brutal short trail. All incline from top to bottom. The old rail “logs” you’re climbing/running up are also spaced out enough that you can’t take baby steps. We tried running from top to bottom and were tuckered out within a couple minutes. A great workout.

Unrelated turtle picture, since I had none from Koko Head.

Waimano Falls Trail

A cute, shorter trail. It's a lot of descending winding switchbacks covered in a bed of roots until you reach the falls, at which piont you can either swim, or swing from a rope, or jump off a cliff into the water.

Unrelated picture (all my pictures from most of these are either really bad, or have people in them) of rocks off of Sharks Cove.

Other stuff

Besides some hikes, we visited some beaches, had Poke, shaved ice, macadamian nuts, and generally lounged around.

Sharks Cove.

Some waves off a random beach.