Credits & Acknowledgements

Greg's Acknowledgements
First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge the wonderful persons whom I have referred to over the years whenever I needed assistance or wanted to explore new hiking territory. Their expertise, observation, and opinion have been invaluable to my hiking experience of which I share with the general public. They are Stuart Ball, Jay Feldman, Mabel Kekina, G. Oka, Patrick Rorie, Charlotte Yamane, and Nathan Yuen. Special thanks, again, to Patrick Rorie who's 4WD vehicle brought me to places my sports motorcycle couldn't venture! Aloha for all the rides, Pat! Mahalo to Dayle Turner who, when I developed "the will" to hike, showed me "the way". He was the one who introduced me to some of the best hikers I know who, in turn, showed me the best trails of Oahu and beyond. Thus, he deserves my thanks.

Greg's Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge the wonderful persons whom I have referred to over the years whenever I needed assistance or wanted to explore new hiking territory. Their expertise, observation, and opinion have been invaluable to my hiking experience of which I share with the general public. They are Stuart Ball, Jay Feldman, Mabel Kekina, G. Oka, Patrick Rorie, Charlotte Yamane, and Nathan Yuen.

Special thanks, again, to Patrick Rorie who's 4WD vehicle brought me to places my sports motorcycle couldn't venture! Aloha for all the rides, Pat!

Mahalo to Dayle Turner who, when I developed "the will" to hike, showed me "the way". He was the one who introduced me to some of the best hikers I know who, in turn, showed me the best trails of Oahu and beyond. Thus, he deserves my thanks.

While the information used in this website is near-entirely derived from the author's personal experience, a great deal was either researched and/or verified through several official and informal sources to maintain the site's accuracy and reliability. The following are sources used, either cited or consulted, in the creation of this website's content.

General Sources
Phone and in-person discussions with trail specialists at the Department of Land & Natural Resources (DLNR) In-person discussions with manuscript librarians at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum's archives. Hunting publications available from the State of Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife Property records available from the City & County of Honolulu Department of Planning & Permitting
Specific Texts
State of Hawaii, Department of Land & Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Wildlife, Natural Area Reserve System "Kaala Bog Plant Guide" Corn, Carolyn A., Ph.D., Honolulu, 1992 "Mt. Ka'ala Natural Area Reserve" Aug 1992 Emerson, N. B., Pele and Hiiaka, pg 93, Honolulu, 1925 Hawaiian Ethnological Notes, Vol. 1 "Kahuna Lore", p. 1378, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum "Hiiaka i ka poli o Pele", Ka Na'i Aupuni, Jan. 28, 1906 Ii, John Papa, Fragments of Hawaiian History, Vol. 5, p. 82, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1959 McAllister, J. Gilbert, Archaeology of Oahu, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1933 Mellen, K.D., The Magnificent Matriarch, pp 270, 272, 1952 Pukui, Mary Kawena, May 10, 1962 & March 16, 1954 State of Hawaii, "Kapa'ele'ele Ko'a & Keaniani Kilo Trail" Brochure, Department of Land & Natural Resources Division of State Parks, 2002 Summers, Catherine C., "Koolauloa" Map (1959), Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1962. Unidentified newspaper article, June 1932
Images Used with permission, credited accordingly on specific pages.
Koloa Gulch - Nathan Yuen Sacred Falls (Kaliuwaa) - Kerri Tyler. Schofield-Waikane - B. Van Kinkle Waikane Saddle - Nathan Yuen Tips page - Virtually Hawaii, a part of SOEST at UHM. Real-time GOES images - University of Hawaii Department of Meteorology. Other weather images - Yahoo & Weather.com S. Elesarke provided the base picture for the Backyard Oahu "Ohia Lehua" title page logo. Oahu cartography map used as base for maps on all Trail Area pages provided Courtesy of Hawaiian Airlines Pocket Maps.

Credits & Acknowledgements

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