Avoid These Mistakes On The Captain Cook Monument Hike
Reviews on the Ka'awaloa/Captain Cook Monument Trail Hike say its a moderate out and back 3. 2 mile hike with a 1300 foot elevation gain. They don't mention how many people get airlifted out of this area due to injury and heat stroke. Many hikers, knowing they will be swimming/snorkeling at the bottom fail to wear proper shoes and don't bring enough water.
We discuss these tips in this video, along with some other insights to making your hike a success AND taking care of the bay along with it! (Mineral sunscreen only, pls!)
I did not mention it in the video, but you can see on the way back up that I have my shirt on my shoulders. I purposely put it in the ocean so I would have a cool damp cloth on me to get me through the first 30 minutes back up the trail, as that is the most brutal part as you head back directly into the sun! Anything to help cool you down AND drink plenty of water.
Chapters
0:00 into
1:33 Parking
2:18 marker #1
3:24 trail clean up
5:38 marker #4
6:15 best view spot
7:25 Captain Cook Monument
9:00 Captain Cook death marker
9:30 the hike up
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I’ve swam there so many times from a boat but never hiked it. Mahalo Nui Loa 🌺✅🌸❤️
Such a great video! Many mahalos for featuring Ari, a champion of da aina and also a local volunteer and regular at Kahalu’u with her little doggie Koa! Keep ‘em comin! Alooohaaa!
Thx for the clip. Ari is awesome, thank you Ari noted on the water, and water shoe, not stepping on the coral, and the foods stealer. 😂😂😂
I love thisvideo based on the islands of my ancestors by this couple
Great job
Awesome job guys ! I think Julie has nightmares about getting attacked by pigs. I can hear it in her voice.
@bluesky_bluesea
5 ай бұрын
😂
Awesome job! 👍🏻
Never missed your videos 🌺
Thanks for the video. This is on our to-do list but ran out of time. Next trip. 😊
Great video!
Another great video thanks 🙏 😊
Did this trail 8 yrs ago...made a few mistakes too, like an afternoon hike in early August and not enough water. Going down was fine...coming back up, not so much. So hot and for awhile you're walking on lava which has been baking in the sun all day. Made it back up to the car with some early signs of heatstroke. Be careful out there.
Jeep is gone now! We got it out! Some local ranchers dragged it out with a couple of trucks, and the county hauled it away! :D Trail is looking great! We continue planting native species: milo, kukui, kou and kā‘e‘e. I have a wiliwili I'm growing, and maybe one day I will plant that as well! It has been so rewarding to mālama this trail, learn about it, and help people. If every hiker brought a small 25¢ bottle of water to give away to those who need it, we'd have a LOT less rescues on this trail. Aloha mai kākou!
I'm back on the island to keep working on my property, thanks for the videos always good stuff
You guys are great. I appreciate all the updates that you share with us. We just got to Hawaii Island and surf is really up. Went to Hapuna and was shocked how the beach has shrunk. I know it will be back. I'm confused about the paid parking. Only one kiosk at the very end of the parking lot with no signage for what to do. What the heck??? If you don't know to pay, do they fine you?
I did that trail July 1996. I remember needing to use a stick to knock down mats os spider (mostly crab) webs. Are spider webs still an issue? Does the really big Morey Eel named 'Oscar' live in the reef just off of the monolith monument?
@millenniumtree
2 ай бұрын
Isn't that an unspoken trail rule? The first one down the trail in the morning removes the spider webs for those who follow. xD Wish we were there in 96 to make sure you had enough water. Never heard of this Oscar. We call that a mo‘olelo (story). Sounds like a good one. :D
Coming in February. When’s the quietest time at Capt Cook would you say?
@ZZZZ-zg3zb
4 ай бұрын
Weekdays
@millenniumtree
2 ай бұрын
Early morning is quietest. Basically as soon as the sun rises.