The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-06
SCALING
NOUN A|NS
Remarkable Trip
of a Party of
Boys.
CROSS RANGE FROM
KOOLAU TO EVA
Not a Pleasure Jaunt by Any
Means Among High Oahu
Mountains.

and uncommon feat in mountain
climbing was accomplished. last week
by party of five Honolulu boys, con-
sisting of Charles and Gerrit Judd,
Alexander Walker, Richard Cook and
Seymour Hall. The start was made
from the Judd place, Kealohiwai. in
koolau, and the finish was Pearl City
on the other side of the range.
AT a little after 4 O'Clock Thursday
morning, and while it was yet dark
we set out in a wagon, which took us
around small ridge to the mouth of
| Waikane valley. There, after strap
ping on our provision bags and can
teens, we started out 10 foot our way
across the range to Pearl City. Wind
ing along the narrow mountain path
the first thing of interest was what we
| judged to be a moonshiner's hut or
okolihao factory, not many feet to our
right, guarded by a husky native with
big rife, and a suspicious curl of
smoke issuing from the roof. After
| filling our canteeus at the last stream
we commenced the ascent of the ridge
which separates the Waikane and ka-
| hana valleys. The trees and under
growth were very much the same
on Konahuanui, but far more dense.
Male was very abundant; SO, also, was
mokihana. All took turns "a making a
path, or breaking" as we called it.
During the short stops for breath we
| We're inspired to fresh eXertions by
the wonderful view which stretched at
ever increasing angles, as We crept
higher. About two-thirds of the way
up some splendid specimens of Hawaii
an or loulu palms grew close to the
top of. the ridge. A little farther on
from the last of these palms the way
became even more difficult and danger
Gus. Sometimes the ridge was so
sharp that the decayed vegetation
fairly seemed to tremble as the weight
of our bodies passed over it. and al
these times steady head meant ev
erything. The last hundred yards to
the summit we literally walked over
the tops of trees. so thick was the
jungle. At $50 all were seated III the
toplnost branches of a kukui tree for
lunch, having made the ascent in five
hours and five minutes from where we
left the wagon. An hour was spent in
refreshments and getting our bearings
BY this time the fog began to sweep
over and around US, clearing only fOI
could easily see Maui and MolOKaI, and
to the left as far as the end of the
range. On the Eva side stretched tht
plains Leilihua and Pearl lochs. but
the sight of Honolulu was cut off by
the peaks to our left After leaving
our register "a water bOttle) hanging
in the branches of our lunch table. We
worked to the right or southeast or
|. what we judged was the main ridge
; hoping soon to find more accessible
, walking than the tops of wet and de
, cayed trees. This we did not find, 81
{ we tried our luck on the slippery
I ground underneath. only to discover
; presently that our main ridge was al
} optical delusion, the ridge opposite be
ing in a straight line and of the same
I height as the one we We're on. So
: down we went, ten or more feet at
; time, to follow the stream along tbs
: floor of the valley. This proved aImos
Z as hard as climbing over trees on tn,
{ summit. In some places it would have
! been fat mans misery" the side
; were so close together. and to pas
: which we had to Straddle along, brac
ing our hands and feet against thu
rough places in the two parallel wall
Of rock. On we went, nevertheless, tn
! sides gradually widening. and so less
above, signs of which we had but re
Gently passed. In one of the huudre,
! and twelve turns that We counted wa
= a large cIump of native or ihOlena ba
2 mana trees About one-fourth of tn
way down this zigZag valley we cam
upon an inverted coffee pot on tn
branch of a tree, a sign that some on
had been that far a least, and stil
? more important sign that we woul
not have to fear any high waterfalls
We saw so many good signs that W
- were nearing the end Of the valley, an
which never materialiZed, even afte
eight hours and a half's tramp. tina
the good signs lost their charm en-
ttireIy. Bump, PUNK, grind, splash Owe
q rocks and through water till footsor
and weary, we simply stopped short o
q a small grass covered mud ledge a
40. Having taken off our wet shoe
and stockings. all that we could Tin
in the way of ftrewood was one sma
dead tree very wet To be sure. bu
&C we did not expect to find all tn
comforts of home in the valley. thi
4 foe was joyfully received Present.
a fire was struggling ror existence
and the greater part of our ciothin
was hung in the smoke to dry {!
Having finished our dinner of DreaC
sharks (sardinesD and STICK chocoIal'
we hunked for the night on some scat
tarad fern leaves We passed a mos
thrilling night for about IL O'Clock
rained so hard we thought we were
Hilo. and drenched through, We SHY
cred and shook until about a m
being as near right as We could judg'
the enc watch Of the party having pee
drowned during the night. we Wei
nm the go again at five, resolved
make a final struggle for upper a
and the government road. BY the en-
of twenty turns which took two heur
9 W. reached grassy ridge to the lef
and straightway pushed through tn
staghorn and out into the broad sur
light almost opposite the west Wsl
.na ,1oins of I,ailihua. so we conclude
tba+ the valley out of which We he
inst come was a branch of the Waikf
The rest of our journey to Pearl Cit