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	<title>A Kauai Blog</title>
	<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog</link>
	<description>Living and hiking on the island of Kauai</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wailua Falls Fenced Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>Waterfalls</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, I like to visit the tourist spots on Kauai, the places locals almost never go anymore. So back in January when I had an hour in Lihue between appointments, I drove to the famous Wailua Falls overlook. The falls were as pretty as ever, with plenty of runoff from the winter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moloaa Trail Maps</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/moloaa-trail-maps/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/moloaa-trail-maps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Hiking</category>
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>Maps</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other post about the trail's history got too long, so I'll put the maps and photos in this new post.

I first walked the trail in September 2005, when it's future was uncertain. I mapped the trail with my GPS to record its exact location.  I didn't blog about the path at the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historical Moloaa Trail</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/historical-moloaa-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Hiking</category>
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>History</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/historical-moloaa-trail/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hawaiians historically had footpaths for getting about on land. On Maui and the Big Island, some of those paths that traverse ancient lava flows have been preserved, but on Kauai, vegetation and erosion have erased all the paths that fell out of use. So, several years ago, I was excited to hear that one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Made the Front Page</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/i-made-the-front-page/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/i-made-the-front-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>Journalism</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/i-made-the-front-page/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Source: The Garden Island newspaper (I hope it's not considered bad form to lift the newspaper's masthead--I won't do it again).


Sorry for the lack of posting here, I've been busy with other projects. One of those came to fruition in a big way yesterday, if you consider being quoted on the front page of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opaekaa Falls Trail Still Closed</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/opaekaa-falls-trail-still-closed/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/opaekaa-falls-trail-still-closed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Hiking</category>
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>Waterfalls</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/opaekaa-falls-trail-still-closed/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul writes to ask:

We were also hoping to hike to the bottom of Opaeka'a Falls via the short, standard trail/route that starts just upstream of the falls. However, I recently found out that the state closed this trail because two women fell to their deaths from the top late last year.  Are folks still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kauai Protestors Block Ferry</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/ferry-blocked-by-protestors/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/ferry-blocked-by-protestors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>Environment</category>
	<category>Transit</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/ferry-blocked-by-protestors/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a continuation of "Why I Support a Ferry EIS."

With the ferry scheduled to arrive at 6 pm last Sunday, opponents organized a press conference at Nawiliwili park at 4 pm. I arrived in time to hear a native Hawaiian blessing and short speeches by a county council member, Jo Ann Yukimura, and by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Support a Ferry EIS</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/why-i-support-a-ferry-eis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>Environment</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/why-i-support-a-ferry-eis/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In two evenings of protest, demonstrators and activists on Kauai blocked the channel of Nawiliwili harbor, forcing the ferry to turn around without docking. This is the culmination of months of efforts to force the so-called Hawaii "super" ferry to perform an environmental impact statement (EIS), during which time grass-roots activism on Kauai and Maui [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stupid Ferry</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/stupidferry/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/stupidferry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>Transit</category>
	<category>Neighbor Islands</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/stupidferry/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One unique character of Hawaii is that each island has evolved in the motoring age without the benefit of vehicular passage between the islands. This makes each island so much more independent and unique due to the limited movement of people and goods. For example, there are very few RVs (camping-cars) blocking the roads on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Hot Water</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/solar-hot-water/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/solar-hot-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Weather</category>
	<category>Homeowner</category>
	<category>Activism</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/solar-hot-water/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We finally had a solar hot water system installed in July, and I'm finally getting around to writing about it. 

Solar hot water is just a no-brainer in Hawaii. Electricity and propane cost 2-3 times as much as the mainland, and we probably receive 2-3 times as much solar radiation (I don't have the exact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerful Message</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/powerful-message/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/powerful-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Activism</category>
	<category>Development</category>
	<category>Tourism</category>
		<guid>http://great-hikes.com/blog/powerful-message/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our friend Gabriel Talyor recently had a strong and beautiful letter to the editor waiting to be published by the Garden Island newspaper. It has been circulating around the island already on various email lists.


A slender young woman placed a sprouted coconut on the table, sat down in front of the microphone, introduced herself, and [...]]]></description>
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