UYE: Kuliouou Ridge Trail Hike

Hiking; It’s one of the things I really enjoy doing that doesn’t involve going out to eat. Well, sometimes it does when we go somewhere to eat after the hike. That’s almost always the case.
Anyway, when Denise and Malia decided to have a follow-​up hiking UYE I knew I just had to join in. I had hiked this trail a couple times before, so I knew what to expect, but I also knew that it would be a different experience since I was going with a bunch of Unilocalers.
As I expected, the company was awesome! Unilocalers are just awesome people, whether you’re eating with them, or climbing a mountain with them. As for the hike itself, the weather was against us that morning. It was cloudy and rainy. At least it wasn’t unbearably hot I guess?
We’re going to have to make a return trip to this trail for those who have never been to the top on a clear day.
Thank you Denise and Malia for this wonderful UYE adventure!

This event had a great turn out. Everyone was in high spirits despite the rain. This was a longer hike than the other UYEs we had but everyone went at a good pace and their own pace. This was the first time for some on this hike, including me.
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to finish the hike since I didn’t feel good. From what I was still I made it about halfway up at 45 minutes. But my cohost was awesome and led the troupe to the top at full speed with her trusty canine.
Is it bad that everyone who made it to the top was in the clouds and that you couldn’t see the view and I wasn’t sad about that? I didn’t have fomo (urban dictionary). This means, we have to go again so everyone can see the spectacular view and I get to finish the trail! Haha.

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to our UYE! I hope you all had a great time. The rain was kind of a bummer but it was great to get out, be active, and find yourself in the clouds on top of Kuliouou!
Hopefully you’ll want to come to my next UYE hike in January!

I think there must be a rule somewhere that drinking till late and little sleep equals…
(A) I feel like Champ! Don’t hold me back!
(B) I’m going to help fertilize Mother Nature’s Forest
© I’m hanging and not coming to the hike
(D) Both B & C
If you answered (D) you are correct!
We all met up at the beginning of the trail a 7:00am and made sure that everyone knew each other Edwin S. and Arnold Y. nice meeting you guys. Not all of the Yeeps that «I’m In!» showed up, but that cool. The ones that showed up kick some a$$ and trucked it to the very top!
This being the second UYE Hike put on by Denise D. and Malia H. I found this one a little more challenging than the first hike because we were blessed with rain and those steps, steps and more steps to reach the top.
Great Unilocal fellowship and another fun filled morning of sweat and laughter.
*Mahalo Denise. D., Malia H. «(B)» and of course the Star of the Hike «Ben»
*PS…We Missed you Maka K. «©»

Mother nature may have tried to dampen our early morning hike but didn’t come close to it as this was a cool and bright event. The reason? It’s because you gather a whole bunch of great Yeeps together!
This is a sequel to Denise D.‘s and Malia H.‘s UYE the other month at Mariner’s Ridge. The ever so charming Ben was the star of today’s hike as he barely broke a sweat and kept on going and going and going!
I first got lost as I drove up Kuliouou Rd and only to end up having a resident tell me I was on the wrong street! DUH!!! I made my way to Kalaau Place and saw a whole bunch of peeps waiting so I parked and headed over to the group.
Upon arrival, it was clearly evident some members had previously a night of drinking (by appearance and of smell). Hats off to those who still dragged themselves out of bed!
It was great to see old faces (Denise D., Malia H., Brian M., Jacob N. and Gary N.) and met some new ones (Arnold, Chuco, Edwin, Eric and Gabe).
Mother nature did pour to make the trail slippery but we enjoyed ourselves on yet another great hike. At the top, Ben was treated to 2 ½ bananas as well as a special drinking cup of ice cold water (with ice cubes) compliments of Brian. I heard the ice jiggle in Brian’s water bottle going up, which made my mouth water as I just LOVE ice in my drinks.
As we waited on the bottom for the other peeps to arrive, we were treated to a LIVE centipede that came really close to attacking Ben. Seemed that the centipede got stuck inside an old branch but was able to wiggle out and crawl away…
In closing, thanks again for our great co-​hosts Denise and Malia and the other cool Yeeps who took part on this great hike.
NOTE: Because we got all wet and were hungry, we headed over to Phở Thinh for an early lunch to satisfy our hunger and warm up our tummies!