June 3: Hawaii Day 8

Today we went on a hike up the Kuliouou Ridge trail with Mandie and Ryan, well actually they ran up the trail ahead of Andy, Corey, Jeffrey and I. But it actually worked out perfectly because only Andy and Jeffrey were complaining how slow and how many times Corey and I stopped. I found online that this is a beginner to intermediate hiking trail. Yeah right. It just about KILLED me. My heart rate was at least 160bpm the entire 3 1/2 hours we walked. We climbed up, up, and up until we reached the ridge where we could see all of Oahu except Honolulu. The view at the top was INCREDIBLE, but the hike was TERRIBLE.

This was only the beginning of the hike. The higher and higher we got the more ocean we could see. WOW!

We made it to the covered benches and had a rest. It took about 1.5 hours to get to this point. We asked a man who was coming down from the top how long it took to get up. He said "20 minutes." We mustered up our strength for the last "20 minutes."



An hour later we made it to the top and this is what we saw. AMAZING!








Then we had to climb back down. That was an adventure all in itself. Because what you climb up, you have to go back down the same way. And it was VERY steep going up and VERY steep going back down. Corey was ready to zip line down. And I wanted to hitch hike. Too bad neither was an option.



After an hour of walking back down we made it to our car. As a treat to ourselves, we stopped at the jamba juice and then drove home. We were pretty much vegetables the rest of the day, milking our sore muscles, and taking ibuprofen.