Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-04
GUIDE
Plan WORKS OUT

| PLA WUkkO Jul
After two years OF cease.ess effort
IL seems that the Public Service Assoc
lciation and the Trail and Mountain
ilClut will be able to provide the tour
list and citizen with competent guides
who can show the sights OF the city
land the surrounding country 10 those
iwho are interested, and conduct them
lover the trails leading out Of Homo
lulu. On Sunday more than 4 dozen
members of the Pin Fai Society.
which is protege OF the Trail and
/. Mountain Club, composed Of Young
tChinese mountain traileFs. made a
record trip from the end Of the Emma
Istreet car line to the top of Kanahne
lNui in two hours. They were loaded
with chains. ropes. spikes and siedge
hammers with to construct possible
trail from the top of kanahue Nui
idown to the Pail. A heavy rain on the
mountains made the work impracti-
lcable and the implements were cached
part of the way down on the Pail
side.
L Nearly two years ago Ernest Ing.
la Chinese high-school boy. was en-
ployed by the Public Service Assocf
alton in its ONCE. After consultation
with the secretary of the Trail and
Mountain; Club. Ing decided to organ
lie Chinese tranping society. which
twas called the Pin Fai Society, with
headquarters in the big Pubic Service.
hall on the second floor. Here the Pin
Fai Society met and grew. At least
Twice month the club climbed the
mountains. At present there are.
ltwenty-four members who hold to-
lgether. The Pin Fails have proved
their worth as mountain climbers and
lare now going in for a straight course
iof training to become competent
guides to tourists and others. The.
Iexcursion yesterday was made under
THE leadership of the secretaryof the
Trail and Mountain Club. and he be-
llieves that the baflng problem the
Public Eervice Association has fought
flor two years Is now. to be solved. and
| that Honolulu soon win have a corps
Iof trained guides.
More than a dozen members Of the
1 club left the city Saturday afternoon
land went to the Castle rest-house on
pauoa flats. Each boy carried pack
Iof cooking utensils. plates, ct cetera,
| needed in the storeroom Of the rest
house. Sunday morning the secretary
LOT the Trail and Mountain Club, with.
| several more Of the Pin Fats, LETT the
Emma street car-line at $50, and by
1880 q. m. the party had reached the
lrest-house by way Of the Pauoa follow
trail, which Is much the shortest and
easiest route to the rest-house. a
hurried breakfast was gotten through
with; and the following members Of
1.-THE Pin Fails loaded themselves with
1.-The trail-making implements and as
lcended Konahua Nui: Aryim Soong,
IDresident OF the society; A. B. Lau,l
Ernest Ing. Henry Choir. Harvey
| Chang. Arthur Gh01g. Allan Ching
Henry Chung, Alfred zap.
There Is some rough climbing on
TINE upper slope Of Konahna Nui. but
la. B. Lau, the champion Splinter Of
lfhe PIN Fais. led II Z way Ike 4 Jack
rabbit. and no one fIinched. An eff.
fort was made to beat the record made
lby the Junior Trail and Mountain
| Ti,,t svhich racordl Il. held nv IoseDh
St;eknev ~ who has ercfted the em,lia-
t,on ~ snveral pin Pats. who have
h h,, recently defeated bv him IN cross
country rms Ian was the first to
resch the ton of the mountain---in fif-
tv-nine mini1tes inst eufaHing the
SticEnev record
Como of tbe pin Fat explorers had
naver 'been q the high mountains be-
fore They climbed along the KooIau