The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-08-19

On the memorable morning of
Wednesday. August 10, 1921, at $3.50
o'clock, a party of 90 left the Girl
Scout Camp C'Olinda Aloha") with
the above song on their lips and "the
top" as their goal.
We had been instructed TO take the
first part of the trip slowly and to
rest frequently. So we all agreed to
keep the same pace as the slowest in
our party. Accordingly at frequent in
tervals the whistle was blown and
the speedy ones were forced to wait
for the slower ones. Thus we pro-
ceeded up the mountain until noon,
when all felt that lunch must be in
vestigated and canteens lightened.
No complaints except a few slippery
shoes, which kept the slow but am
bilious mes from going as fast as
their swift-foeted sisters.
Shortly after moor we reached the
rocks and sand; then came the SEEM
ingly endless pull where the road
stretched away through the long af-
ternoon." A glance backward reveal
ed mixers" lying fiat on their backs.
others seeking the soft side of the
rocks. and many p~ersistently toiling
upward. Ohelo berries cheered the
children and for a time helped them
to forget the long climb and weary
legs. Canteens eager to edo as the
Romans" became dry, and then real
hardship began. At last news was
passed down the line that the end was
in sight, and that some of our party
had passed through the "pearly gates"
DESPAIR was turned TO hope and many
hearts pumped fast and %furiously in
their great effort to reach the promis-
ed land. Even with the end in sight
the home stretch" nearly broke our
backs and hearts. Two of the strong
err and sturdier scouts, after reaching
the top and resting 4 bit. filed their
canteens and started down again to
relieve their sister scouts and friends.
Never was "a good turn daily" better
demonstrated or more appreciated
The last member of the party pulled
in ahou $3.50 p. m. Supper was in
progress, n soon all hands turned
toto and we were ono again the same
hapnv, helpful bunch which had start
ed forth with a song on our lips.
We were rewarded with a wonder
full sunset. And as the great white
masses of clouds rolled in at our feet
we let our imagination loose and each
saw a different picture and recalled
our almost forgotten mythology. The
crater with its deepening shadows
looked very big and relentless, and
somehow made the lego" wish to run
around to the other side of the house
and jump into the nice soft clouds all
dressed up in lavender, pink and gold.
Night came, with the moon and stars.
and those of us who recently came
from the mainland had memories of
sleigh-bells and Santa Claus skipping
across from Mauna Kea and Mauna
Loa. Some of us ever went to bed
with the mad idea of sleeping, but
were soon told by a member of an
other party who had preceded us that
we We're "a cheap bunch" if we plan
ned to rest in the "r~est-house." We
haven't been able to ascertain who
made out this rating schedule but we
grant that this party belonged in the
multi-millionaire class.
Morning came at last, and once
again nature rewarded us for the lab
ors of the night. Like Indians in
our blankets we sat and watched the
first rays of the sun soften and play
around the rugged features of King
Crater, while the clouds rolled out
and away, anxious to be off and play
with the sea Then a click of kodaks
as Mr.. Sun rears his majestic head