Comments on: More Kalalau Questions http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/ Living and hiking on the island of Kauai Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: MM http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-468 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:47:25 -0500 http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-468 Someone should thank you for this post. It's VERY informative. Allow me to do so. I've hiked Kalalau and wish I would have read this (or your previous Kalalau post) before the attempt. Thanks again, Andy. MM P.S. Your thoughts on the tunnel hike as mentioned by you and "Ultimate Kauai Guidebook" would be greatly appreciated...and don't think of it as charity..these will make great additions to your future book! Someone should thank you for this post. It’s VERY informative. Allow me to do so. I’ve hiked Kalalau and wish I would have read this (or your previous Kalalau post) before the attempt. Thanks again, Andy.

MM

P.S. Your thoughts on the tunnel hike as mentioned by you and “Ultimate Kauai Guidebook” would be greatly appreciated…and don’t think of it as charity..these will make great additions to your future book!

]]> by: Jennifer http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-6259 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:01:33 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-6259 I tried posting this comment before, but it didn't go through for some reason. I hiked the Kalalau trail about 13 years ago in October. It was not only my first backpacking trip, but it was my first solo backpacking trip. It was awesome. There is one danger that I didn’t find mentioned in your post or in one of your referenced sources. It involves the kukui nut tree. While at Kalalau beach, I was enjoying some vegetarian chili with the “hippies” and listening to one of them talk about the dangers of kukui nut trees. He said that they tend to drop their branches after heavy rains, and he related a very engrossing story about some Japanese tourists who were nearly clobbered by a kukui nut tree branch. When it was time to go to bed, I walked back to my campsite and found a massive tree branch had fallen right across my tent. It had come down with such force that the metal tent spikes were thrown clear of the camp site and bent beyond usefulness. If I had been in that tent when the branch had fallen, I would probably be dead now. God must have been watching over me during that trip. So, the obvious moral of the story is: DON’T CAMP UNDER A KUKUI NUT TREE. I tried posting this comment before, but it didn’t go through for some reason.

I hiked the Kalalau trail about 13 years ago in October. It was not only my first backpacking trip, but it was my first solo backpacking trip. It was awesome.

There is one danger that I didn’t find mentioned in your post or in one of your referenced sources. It involves the kukui nut tree. While at Kalalau beach, I was enjoying some vegetarian chili with the “hippies” and listening to one of them talk about the dangers of kukui nut trees. He said that they tend to drop their branches after heavy rains, and he related a very engrossing story about some Japanese tourists who were nearly clobbered by a kukui nut tree branch.

When it was time to go to bed, I walked back to my campsite and found a massive tree branch had fallen right across my tent. It had come down with such force that the metal tent spikes were thrown clear of the camp site and bent beyond usefulness. If I had been in that tent when the branch had fallen, I would probably be dead now. God must have been watching over me during that trip.

So, the obvious moral of the story is: DON’T CAMP UNDER A KUKUI NUT TREE.

]]> by: Ralph http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-22605 Wed, 07 May 2008 13:45:28 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-22605 I am hiking the Kalalau in Mid September. Still in the early stages of logistics, but we will be doing it in 4 days (one in and one out and 2 beach days). We are staying overnight in Lihue the night before the hike. What is the drive time from Lihue to the trail head? Some entries say leave super early (as with all hikes;-), so is that reasonable to say we could make that drive in, say, a couple hours? I am hiking the Kalalau in Mid September. Still in the early stages of logistics, but we will be doing it in 4 days (one in and one out and 2 beach days). We are staying overnight in Lihue the night before the hike. What is the drive time from Lihue to the trail head? Some entries say leave super early (as with all hikes;-), so is that reasonable to say we could make that drive in, say, a couple hours?

]]> by: Justin http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-26425 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:21:13 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-26425 Ralph - you are going to have to drive from Lihue to Haena, google maps says its less than 40 miles but I would allocate 1.5-2 hrs, much of the driving on the north shore is very very slow, crossing single lane bridges waiting on traffic, plus finding parking at the trailhead took some time when i've been myself... Ralph - you are going to have to drive from Lihue to Haena, google maps says its less than 40 miles but I would allocate 1.5-2 hrs, much of the driving on the north shore is very very slow, crossing single lane bridges waiting on traffic, plus finding parking at the trailhead took some time when i’ve been myself…

]]> by: willis http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-45235 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:17:21 -0500 http://great-hikes.com/blog/more-kalalau-questions/#comment-45235 how do i hike from the beach at kalaulau to big pool? i've tried 3 times and never found it! how do i hike from the beach at kalaulau to big pool? i’ve tried 3 times and never found it!

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