Early break. These are probably the last
plants we will see for the next 3 days.Backpacking Mauna Loa with Nick and Dan
Day 1
Early break. These are probably the last
plants we will see for the next 3 days.
You can sorta see where we are heading....
way off to the left, in the clouds!
home sweet home, for the night
Mauna Loa is still way up there...
View of Mauna Kea
Arrow points to Mauna Loa Peak
Arrow points to Mauna Kea Peak
We are freezing. The temperature has
probably dropped all the way to about 52F!
Day 2
On 'The Sidewalk'
olovine sand section
From here on out I just put one foot
in front of the other
walking through nasty a'a
Almost there
At the caldera! Just another 2miles to go.
view from the summit cabin
Shadow of Mauna Loa in the evening
Day 3
back at the summit junction, about to hike
around the caldera to the real 'peak'.
The 3rd big island mountain. To the right
in the distance is Haleakala (on maui)
At the peak. How exciting!
Hiking down the backside.
Just about down to the pathfinder