Dear trail work day volunteers: After sitting in my vehicle at the top of Manoa Rd this morning (Wednesday), and watching bolts of lightening strike the ridges around me, it seemed prudent to postpone the day’s planned activities. (thanks Bozo and Van for coming to keep me company for a bit) Luckily, our…
We have a great turnout for the Wednesday morning trail work day- thanks everybody!!! The weather might be iffy (at least), so bring raingear. Also, bring your water and food needs for the morning, and a pair of garden gloves will really help. See you Wednesday. PJ
Anyone who can join us this Wednesday morning for the trail maintenance, please call or email PJ at 235-0577/351-1453) hurtpals@aol.com. We need a headcount today, since PJ is picking up tools for the work day, first thing tomorrow morning. We will meet at 6am, at the top of Manoa Road, just below Paradise…
Dear trail workers: THANK YOU so much for the great response to my last blog message! We are going to have a good Aihualama , and Manoa Cliff day in the upcoming weeks. We will have a trail tech from Na Ala Hele with us on the Wednesday Aihualama day, to share his expertise! …
I will be scheduling a couple of trail maintenance days during the first 3 weeks of December. It’s hard to get in work days around training and the holidays, but it is the best time to clean up the trail so the training runners can enjoy it a little, and so the trails will settle…
There was quite a crowd gathered at the Pali Lookout early this morning for the run to Waimanalo (and back for some) on the Maunawili trail. We probably had 12 to 15 runners, a good mix of veteran and newer trail runners. Cheryl kept everyone reigned in early on until the stairs just about the…
Trail Work, Saturday 2 December. Mahalo for coming out! It seems that the HURT 100 course has again lived up to it’s reputation for not making anything easy. Heavy rain and wind forced us to cancel the scheduled work on Aihualama Trail. Mahalo to those who braved the elements this morning to show up in…
Aloha! First, a Big Mahalo to PJ, Bozo, Trish, Harald, the Huffer, and Mike for a job well done last week on Aihualama Trail! You all did a great job out there!! We have one last work day scheduled before HURT VII – would appreciate those of you who can make some time…
It hasn’t rained much in Manoa Valley over the past weeks; dry and humid, like the rest of the island. I ran most of a HURT loop last Friday and I didn’t even get much mud on my socks– which is a testament to how dry things have been. But when I got up…
A couple of the same good souls volunteered to work this Wednesday morning- hope there might be a few more, we are pretty short handed!I need to know if you can help us by early this evening (Monday), so I can know how many tools to pick up tomorrow morning. e-mail PJ here if you…
PJ is still planning on a trip up Aihualama from the Paradise Park, alone if need be, a week from today. Anyone available please call me by Monday so I can pick up our tools Tuesday. We’ll start up at daylight and work from the top down to even out a better footing and widen…
PJ is leading another work group into the woods. The workday will be 11-22, the day before Thanksgiving. We will meet at the back of Manoa and head up the trail at daybreak- 6:30 ish? I’ll pin the time down when we get nearer to the day. If that is an awful day for everyone,…
HURT enjoys the privilege of partnerships with State and Federal agencies that hold the responsibility of protecting Oʻahu public lands. Those partnerships are based upon mutual trust and cooperation and shared concerns for the ʻaina. To keep that trust and continue to be provided the opportunity to host trail events, we (HURT) must understand and abide by rules that govern our partner agencies.
HURT does organize and facilitate official trail maintenance only when coordination with our partners has occurred. All trail work is performed under the supervision of a permitted individual with advance permissions. Some trails are off-limits for HURT to perform trail maintenance due to the sensitive flora. No HURT trail maintenance will occur outside of these parameters.
HURT and its partner agencies require that no self-directed trail maintenance occur on publicly-owned trails. Any individuals performing trail work outside of official HURT-organized events, are doing so on their own accord and will be held personally responsible by State and Federal agencies for any violations. Such activity could jeopardize our relationships with partner agencies and lead to inability to use public lands for our events.
