Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-04-18
TRAVEL And TRAIL
CLUBS ACTIVITY
Rest Houses And Trails
To Be Built And Maps
Prepared

the head OF Pauoa Valley to konahui.
nui, along the ridge to Mt. Olympus
and thence down into Manoa valley. A
rest.house will be erected at the Paua
junction.
II is Mr.. Castles intention to make
n present Of all this to the Club. II
Is hoped that a couple of acres may
be secured surrounding the proposed
rest.house and that caretaker will
be put in charge of the camp The
rustic features will be retained. al.
though cots or hunks will be placed
In the rainproof sleeping quarters.
There will be a room for the care.
taker. lanai which will serve as a
dining room, and room or dormitory
for men and one for women. This
contemplated rest.house will probably
serve as model for mountain re-
treats Ia be erected In various parts
Of the island. Fruits and vegetables
will be grown in the gardens sur
rounding these houses for the benefit
OF the members of the club.
II Is expected that club members.
especially ladies'. will gladly avail
themselves of the convenience that
these rest.houses will AFFORD. Il Is
long trip mp Konahuinui for a woman
With comfortable rest-house at the
head of Pauoa valley completed, an
afternoon tramp may be made to
this point the night spent there and
an early start made for the mountain
summit Mr.. Allan Herbert and A. B.
Leckenby once spoke Of erecting
rest house at this point Some sort
Of rustic rest.house will certainly go
up on the top OF Konahuinui and pos.
slbly another ON the top of Olympus.
A return path will be made by the
Castle trail TO either Pauoa. Tantalus
or Mapoa. The Allan Herbert trail
In Kalihi valley II also to be put In
good shape and resthouse OF some
sort erected on the mountain top.
Many of the Trail and Travel Club
members have been making explora.
ton trips to some of the mountain
Businesses. Last week Governor Frear
told a Hume Ford of cave he had
once visited In Manoa valley, which
was supposed to pierce through to Pa.
lolo Valley. Ford and Leckepby at
once set out to locate this cave. At
the foot of the trail they were Joined
by Gilbert Brown, one OF the junior
charter members.
The cave lies almost directly Walk.
hi pf tho rhinaoa ,ap,ata.,, a., nn.a.
Valley and Its mouth may be seen sew.
eral hundred feet up the side OF the
ridge at the lower mauka corner OF a
sheer precipice OF solid rock. Ford
and Brown clambered up to the cave,
lighted candles and entered the spac-
ious mouth OF the tunnel. Ford stat
ed that they explored this cave to a
distance of 400 feet, while Brown
says that II was nearer 400 yards than
400 feet.
After the first few yards the cave
Darrows so thar in places II Is but 2
feet in height aud 3 feet In width. 1t
was crawl to the end where the
walls had evidently fallen in. Gov.
ernor Frear. who has also been as
far AS this through the mountain, is
.: the opinion tina. II couple of Jap
arese could easily BLAST way
through, as tradition has IL that the
ratives used to pass through the cave
from one valley to the other.
The cave Is about an hours walk
and climb from the car line, and, with
a trail cut to It's Manoa entrance, II
would be scarcely more than half an
hours walk. This city needs first
class cave attraction and II the Trail
and Travel Club can put an under
ground trail through the mountain
from Manoa to Palolo Valley, II should
prove very advertiseable feature to
persuade stay-at.homes to go out for
brief interesting tramp.
l.. A. Thurston and Irwin Spalding
are in the Waianae mountains, A.
Hume Ford and Kenneth Brown are
exploring the Kallhi passes. A. b. Leck-
enby and his detachment are follow.
ing and mapping the Palolo trails,
Robert Shlngle and Allan Herbert are
looking for level trails around Pearl
City. while small groups are forming
to map out one-day excursions.
Data Is being secured and prepared
for a map showing all the trails on
Oahu, and work of this sort will be
begun on the other islands as soon as
possible. w. r. Castle has set the
right pace in building trail for the
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