Kamaohanui
Hike date : November 20, 1999 Needing five hours to do the deed, Steve Poor and Dayle Turner reached the summit of Kamaohanui today. Kamaohanui is a peak (elev. 3450 feet) along a ridge that leads to Mauna Kaala, the roof of Oahu. Here's what transpired. I woke this a.m. feeling tired and aching. I had come down with a low-grade fever and nasal congestion a couple days prior and had been fighting to shake the bug. Steve called me earlier in the week. "Let's try for Kamaohanui on Saturday," says Mr Poor. Pat Rorie, one of our usual hiking comrades, is camping at Pahole so he can't be with us. Wing Ng is banned from trail clearing so he's out too. So it'll be Steve and I. Then this bug hits. I won't be in top shape. Doubts clutter my mind. "I'll break it to Steve on Saturday morning," I tell myself. "He'll understand." The day arrives and I drive over to Waialua to meet Steve at the flashing light juncti...