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Hiking in to Halape
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Aloha, my son and two of his friends hiked into Halape with me and another Dad. It is a nine mile hike down 3,000 feet in elevation to the sea. It is a tough hike in, and tougher heading out.
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After a couple of hours we were finally at the shelter. We got some water and set up camp.
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This was the view from our tents. We brought some food but lived off the ocean with fish and various sea creatures.
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Best thing is this fresh water pond behind the beach, it is great to get the salt water off of you before you go to sleep at night.
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I set up a hammock at the pool, the boys enjoyed relaxing there. We stayed a total of four days and three nights. The surf was pounding, making it tough to fish.
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I hiked over to Halape Iki, about a 1/2 mile away to see if the tide pools had fish for me to catch. I ran into this big monk seal, who continued to follow us through out our trip.
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He started barking at me and scared the crap out of me, then we became friends when I threw him a fish to eat.
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Here he was back at our beach. We named him Chris after one of my son's friends.
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the surf was pretty big, so Luke had fun hitting the waves. He was the only one who hiked down a board.
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Here he is getting ready to hit the waves.
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He got some waves, but the current was pretty tough.
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I got a couple of papio that we cooked up for dinner, but fishing was tough with the wind and the rough seas.
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We hiked to Keahou another beach with nice tide pools. We did a little snorkeling and checked out a beautiful coral garden.
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We hiked out the next morning and I was relieved to finally reach the truck and a cold beer. I left a cooler back there for us. It was fun and a good time spent with my son.
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I wish we had found more of these! If you come to the big island and are up for an adventure, check out Halape! Mems
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Awesome story Mems. Someday I have to get my family to the Islands.
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Alevin
You are living the dream Mems. That freshwater pool is so cool. Pure Paradise.
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