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Beyond the Road to Hana

Destination: Maui
Article Source: Outrigger

After the fifty-two serpentine miles of cliff-side road that cross 54 one-lane bridges and maneuver 600 hairpin curves. After dozens of scenic vistas, bamboo jungles, fruit stands, waterfalls and sacred heiau, sites. Only then do you enter Hana.
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Zipping Across Maui's Treetops

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Maui
Article Source: Outrigger
I’d signed up for the Upper Mountain Loop Adventure at Kapalua Adventures in West Maui. It included crossing the highest and longest suspension and five parallel ziplines. The longest zipline was 2,300 feet in length; the shortest 800. All ziplines “sky-surfed” across valleys a couple hundred feet above the ground. Read More
Hiking the Hills--and Mountains and Giants--of Hawaii

Destination: Hawaiian Islands
Article Source: Outrigger
That's the thing about hiking in Hawaii. There's hiking along coastlines. There's hiking in urban settings. And, of course, there are hiking trails on mountain ridges, along cliffsides, and through canyons and valleys. As well, there is hiking with giants and kings and demi-gods. There's even a hike through the highest-elevation swamp in the world. Talk about variety. Read More
Hiking inside Haleakala Crater. Part Three.

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Maui
Article Source: Blog Post
By now, you know I made it down Haleakala on Maui. The question that remains is how. My comedian readers would say that I made it down the slopes of Haleakala one step at a time, and that I did. The descent out of Haleakala Crater from our cabin in Paliku to Kaupo descended a healthy 6,130 feet over 8.6 miles, and it appears that even trimming my toenails and buying hiking shoes one size too big wasn’t enough to prevent what athletes call turf toe. Read More
Hiking inside Haleakala Crater. Part two.

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Maui
Article Source: Blog Post
So, there I was, four o’clock in the afternoon on a rainy September Sunday, 10 miles by foot from the nearest paved road. Sitting in a wilderness cabin the size of my living room at 6,380-foot elevation inside the dormant volcano known as Haleakala on Maui. No cell service to call my mother and say we’d hadn’t died on the trek the day before. No wi-fi to check my email. No electricity to charge any electronics whatsoever. Read More
Hiking inside Haleakala Crater. Part One.

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Maui
Article Source: Blog Post
Haleakala is famous for its sunrises. Visitors head up the mountain in the black of night in order to witness the sun crawl up and over the tallest mountain on Maui, a dormant volcano, a sight considered by some to be an otherworldly experience. At 10,023-foot elevation, the black of night also delivers a spectacular star show, an added bonus, not quite as famous as its Mauna Kea neighbor, also peaking above the clouds, on Hawaii (Big) Island. But spectacular all the same. Read More
Hiking Sleeping Giant. Training for Haleakala. And Michael Phelps.

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Kauai, Maui
Article Source: Blog Post
I hiked Sleeping Giant behind Kapaa last week. I’m headed to Oahu this week and hoping to squeeze in a hike. Didn't you just hike Kalalau Trail, you may be asking. What's up with all the hiking? I am actually training. But not for a sporting event. Hiking hasn't made it to the Olympics yet. (Neither has surfing, although some think it deserves a spot among the rings.) Read More
Birding at Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Maui
Article Source: Blog Post
Earlier this month, when I was on Maui, my rental car naturally gravitated to a familiar place for me--a national wildlife refuge. Like Kilauea, where I volunteer (on Friday afternoons, stop by some time), this one is dedicated to birds. Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge is located at the south end of the isthmus that runs between East Maui's Kihei and Wailea and West Maui's Lahaina and Kaanapali. Read More
Kapalua Coastal Walk

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Maui
Article Source: Blog Post

I didn’t plan it. Seriously. But I went on a bird walk in West Maui. In my defense, I thought it was a fitness walk. When will I accept that I am a birder? Am I in denial of age? Because, stereotypical or not, I always think of birders as, well, older. Or am I in denial of the feathery cute- and cuddly-ness of birds? I met Ben Auerbach at Kapalua Spa at the decent hour of 9:00 a.m. A couple from Wisconsin, a mother and daughter from Dallas, Texas and another couple from Central California joined us.
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Zipline Thrills: Screaming Like a Rock Star in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Maui, Hawaii Island, Kauai, Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
For some people I know, hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai makes them break into a sweat. Others I know won't even think about driving the famous road to Hana. For those people, I do not recommend ziplining. But, if you have a general respect for high places, like I do, and you like speed, like I do, then, you'll love ziplining. It's still a relatively new adventure in Hawaii. In fact, you won't even find ziplining adventures on all the islands. Read More