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Making a hole in a tree.

As you can see from the above panel, the adz was kinda important to the ancients. I bet it was also used to crack open coconuts or enemies, and in later years to open bottles of Budweiser.

Why am I rambling?

Because yesterday was Bernie-time. Which means hiking. Which means huffing and puffing and sore muscles and joints. Why do apparently sane people do this? Perhaps the answer is in the question. 🤓

Today’s sentence? The Kahakapoa Loop: an 8 mile* hike named for “making a hole in a tree”. 🤔😵‍💫

* I guess AllTrails thought it would be funny to call it 6.6 miles, forgetting about the 1.4 mile roundtrip to the loop from the parking lot.

Nov 18th, 2022

Anywho. Bernie says it was all kinds of purdy:

The path was suitable for wide loads.
One happy wife
Tarpless shelters
World’s largest chunk of Kryptonite
Not a Redwood, but kinda big.
Some yahoo nailed a buffalo head to a tree
Famed Hawaiian “red dirt”. Good luck getting it out of your socks.
One big-ass eucalyptus tree!

The funniest part of the entire day was our struggle to get OUT of the car after the hour and 15 minute drive back. This was then followed by a 5 minute shuffle to the elevator that felt much longer.

David and Bernadette Harris

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16 responses to “Making a hole in a tree.”

  1. Our Adventures Avatar
    Our Adventures

    Wow! what a hike. What is it in miles and feet? Very interesting about the adzes, the ancients were very clever. You both are learning a lot about Hawai’i culture. Wish we could have stayed longer; I’m not done with Maui yet. The video didn’t work for me, bummer!

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    1. David and Bernadette Harris Avatar
      David and Bernadette Harris

      Hi Linda. The miles are in my write-up. 😊

      There is a lot of history here. I still cannot understand how the first Hawaiians got here from Polynesia. Who sets off into the open ocean in a canoe, with whatever supplies will last in tropical heat?? It totally baffles me…

      The video will load, it just takes time, especially with a slow connection with limited bandwidth.

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      1. Our Adventures Avatar
        Our Adventures

        I read about the Polynesians traveling by canoe 2500 miles in open ocean to reach Hawai’i, which they didn’t even know about at the time. That is certainly amazing. What an adventure.

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      2. David and Bernadette Harris Avatar
        David and Bernadette Harris

        I find that an impossible tale. I think it’s just as likely that Scottie beamed them there.

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  2. Grace Floisand Avatar
    Grace Floisand

    Whow that was quite the hike. Looks interesting. Was that in the road to Hana area?

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  3. David and Bernadette Harris Avatar
    David and Bernadette Harris

    Just off the start of it. Up on the west side of Haleakala, near a town called “Haiku”.

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  4. Gwyneth Avatar
    Gwyneth

    I had no idea there was this much great hiking in Maui. Be careful Dave, you might get in shape! Thanks for the great pictures.

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    1. David and Bernadette Harris Avatar
      David and Bernadette Harris

      Maui is chock full of hiking 😠. The next one is going to be even worse.🤢 Fortunately Bernie also needs time to recover! Soooo… pool time today! 😊

      I think Bernie has us scheduled to do every hike in New Zealand. Gonna cross Middle Earth to Mordor.

      Perish the thought. It took years to obtain my shape!

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  5. viggocycle Avatar
    viggocycle

    WOW, I am impressed Dave-of-the-expanding-waistline 😊, 8 mile (12.8 km) hike with almost 375 m elevation gain , that’s pretty good. I suppose due to the elevation it was a bit cooler up there than down at sea level. I better keep active here or I will not be able to keep up with you when we next meet.
    Nice pictures with lots if different types of trees and vegetation. You deserve a Dave-day tomorrow.

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    1. David and Bernadette Harris Avatar
      David and Bernadette Harris

      Thanks Viggo! That 375 metres doesn’t include the hike up from the parking lot! I absolutely deserve down time. And a bushel full of brownie points. 👍

      You made me lol. I don’t think you have had an inactive day in your life. Crazy Norwegian.

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  6. Granddad Avatar
    Granddad

    Those were the BEST photos of such lovely trees. Bet your daily martini or two went down well.

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    1. David and Bernadette Harris Avatar
      David and Bernadette Harris

      Hi Dad! It was a spectacular forest. Towering trees over ferns, with wide paths covered by soft leaves. No direct sunlight. Perfect for us seniors.

      The odd thing was the lack of birds. Not sure why. On the other hand, Bernie appreciated the lack of danger from bears and cougars.

      And, absolutely! The Dave-tinis were perfect. 🍸🍸

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  7. Chic Avatar
    Chic

    From looking at that AllTrails map, I’ll bet if you flipped it out like straightening a sheet or like the Road Runner taking off from Coyote, you could smooth out all those zig-zags and take off at least 3.3 miles. Haha

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    1. David and Bernadette Harris Avatar
      David and Bernadette Harris

      It’d be like hiking in Saskatchewan. 👍

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  8. blossom647 Avatar
    blossom647

    Gee – not only are we seeing fabulous scenery but history lessons as well. Quite magnificent and majestic trees

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    1. David and Bernadette Harris Avatar
      David and Bernadette Harris

      I have a real ‘thing’ for trees, history and generally speaking, anything in the tropics. I keep looking for koala bears in the eucalyptus trees! 🐨

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