Elbows is gone
Elbows is gone! She lays lonely down the gritty black slope. The tree missing an arm Looks lopsided, Forlorn. No longer intimidating; Lost perhaps. Its purpose shorn. One more dread Disappears As Ahuilama is Slowly tamed.
Trail Work/Maint. Announcements
Tree down and Slide on Nuuanu Trail
Just got off the phone with Mauricio. Cheryl had called me too after Bozo called her. Apparently there is a very fresh slide and tree down on Nuuanu trail. It is somewhere close to the lower of the two ropes on the trail. Mauricio was able to get through it but he said it was…
Trash Removed from Maunawili Falls Trail
Below is a photo of over 50 pounds of trash removed from Maunawili Falls Trail. I led a group from two high schools and a Rotary club up to the falls and removed every piece of trash we could find. As we always promote during races, never leave trash on our beautiful trails. If you…
Trail Advisory Council Meeting
We have a Trail Advisory Council mtg tomorrow in the afternoon. Does anyone have anything they want me to add to my Trail Runner's report? News, trail conditions, etc (we know about the pig on Manoa Cliff) Curt Cottrell will be honored after the meeting (4/14/09– 4 to 5 or 5:30 mtg)- he will be…
Trail Advisory Council- Na Ala Hele Report from Recent Meeting
I thought you guys would like to know a little bit about the Trail Advisory Council- we meet every other month (just met Tuesday 2/17) to let Aaron, the Na Ala Hele Trail Technician (the main guy up there) bounce ideas off of us regarding current and future handling of NAH trails. There are reps…
Peacocks Training 10/11
22 or so people turned out for the final training session at Peacocks. The weather was perfect with some overcast and coolness in the heights. Many PR’s, and fast times. My challenge was to see how fast I could do it at a walk. Taking pictures and screwing around a bit I managed a sub…
Devon Does another Water Drop
Devon and I headed up to Peacocks and restocked the main water drop at the junction of Kuaokala Road and the Kuaokala Trail on Thursday October 9. It is basically an all day affair to get out there, up the hill, and back down, and return to town. There are 26 gallons at the main…
Middle of the Trail Runners
There has been some discussion of the trail modifications that are going to be installed at Tantalus side of the Manoa Cliffs trail, and, much later, over on Pauoa Flats—Boardwalks or bridges over some of the more muddy areas, so to speak. I can not say I was too excited about them when I first…
12/15/07 Manoa Cliff Trail Work Day Report
Thanks again to all the people who took time out of their busy lives to get out and help with this trail work. All the runners in January will appreciate your efforts as will all the hiker’s who use these trails! Aloha, Bob We had a group of ten that met at the Pumping Station…
12/15 Trail Work Details
We have another nice group going up on the trails this Saturday (12/15) to work on some slide areas near the top of Manoa Cliff trail. We’ll met at the Pumping Station at 6 am, and consolidate into one vehicle (it will be tight). The plan is to drive with our tools to the…
Thanks for the Trail Work-Aihualama Work Day
I got word from PJ that they accomplished a lot of work in the time out on the trail yesterday. I personally want to thank these people for taking time out of their busy life to work on the trails. I am including some photos PJ sent. The work crew included: Leon Draxler, Fred Bannan,…
WednesdayTrail work is still on schedule for tomorrow.
Rain or shine please be there unless there is lightening! meet by 6am….back of Manoa. Contact PJ if you have any questions. Watch for another announcement for Saturday trail work.
