Nukohe Sister Ridge -- Scott Villiger
Photo by Jason Sunada Today, Sir Ed (Gilman), Dayle Turner & I set out to climb Lanihuli via a ridge we have named "Nukohe Sister Ridge". This is a non-prominent and very steep ridge compared (from a distance) to the already done (descended long ago by Al Miller & recently by Peter Clines) "Kiss the Ground Ridge", that includes the two very precarious rockfaces. The Sister Ridge is vegetated and has no rockface. The Sister is the very next ridge makai. A "bowl" area seperates the two. They meet up at a very beautiful plateau that I think is the actual Pu'u Nukohe.Mahalo to Sir Ed for fixing the rope on our first visit, Patrick for making progress through the uluhe above the cable spot and to Peter for providing somewhat of a swath for us on the upper part.The ridge is very nice between the cable and the uluhe. The beginning of the uluhe was easy thanks to Patrick. Then we got to the end of Patrick's work, and the uluhe contin