Monday, 26 May 2014<\/p>\n
Like clockwork, rainy weather rolled in for the long weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 With the prospects for a ride all but gone, when Memorial Day Monday rolled around, a hike was decided on.\u00c2\u00a0 Chris and\u00c2\u00a0I met at Root’s then we headed over to Koko Head district park, then up past the rifle range to the entrance of Hanauma Bay.\u00c2\u00a0 We hiked the ridge road, following a large group of beachgoing visitors.\u00c2\u00a0 They turned down a side trail assumedly to a bus stop and we continued up to the turnoff to the point.\u00c2\u00a0 Descdending along the rim of the first explosion crater, we passed Mojo Dave’s best customer, all decked out in Vertx with an Eberlestock pack.\u00c2\u00a0 I asked him how long he had been out there, assuming from the size of his loadout he had been there at least overnight, but he said he was there only a couple of hours.\u00c2\u00a0 My knee was fine on the climb up. but this descent was starting to cause discomfort.<\/p>\n
After stopping to examine a lone ironwood tree, we passed the second crater, then descended the slope of the point to the odd rectangular shelf where the “natural arch” was.\u00c2\u00a0 We knew we were in the right spot when we started to see more and more people.\u00c2\u00a0 Chris ran into some work aquaitenances heading back as we were making the final descent.\u00c2\u00a0 We interrupted a yoga couple with yappy dog who were self-absorbed in taking instagram shots with their phones.\u00c2\u00a0 I was half-hoping they would get doused by a wave.\u00c2\u00a0 More and more people arrived.\u00c2\u00a0 Our snack break was briefly interrupted by a kid who wanted me to take his picture with his phone.<\/p>\n
After watching a passing NYK Leader car carrier ship pass into the grey rainsqualls that were approaching from the Molokai channel, we figured it was best to head back before the rains arrived on Oahu.\u00c2\u00a0 Heading directly up the eroded, volcanic rock, we all saw a dropped phone around the same time.\u00c2\u00a0 I picked it up and it was unlocked and operating.\u00c2\u00a0 It must have been dropped that day, since it had rained the night before, and it was an iPhone 5, so the battery life isn’t that good.\u00c2\u00a0 It had a couple of minor dings on the back, but the screen was fine.\u00c2\u00a0 I locked it and put it in my pocket.\u00c2\u00a0 I figured I could drop it off at an Apple store on the way home and they could figure out who it belonged to.\u00c2\u00a0 No sooner had we made the ridgetop then the first person we ran into asked Chris if we had seen a phone.\u00c2\u00a0 Even though he passed me first, he just responded to my “hi” and didn’t go beyond that: I must have looked too scary!\u00c2\u00a0 I gave him his phone and he was relieved.<\/p>\n
After stopping at a water pond to attempt to skip rocks (only about a third actually went in the water), we started up the long ascent to the Koko Head summit.\u00c2\u00a0 The descent had indeed worked my knee, as it was now sore.\u00c2\u00a0 Luckily I had an elastic bandage in my pack, so I wrapped my knee and continued the ascent.\u00c2\u00a0 The wrap helped, but the knee was still sore.\u00c2\u00a0 Another thing that was starting to act up was my arches.\u00c2\u00a0 At the summit, my arches were starting to twinge on the verge of cramping.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m sure the minimally padded approach shoes didn’t help.\u00c2\u00a0 The grip was outstanding on the rock, but the lack of cushion took its toll on my feet.\u00c2\u00a0 We wandered around a little, looking at the old bunkers, then descended the busy road back to the gate and\u00c2\u00a0park.\u00c2\u00a0 My knee was in a lot of pain during the descent.\u00c2\u00a0 In the last downhill through the park, there was some fairly sharp, intense pain.<\/p>\n
We headed to dinner at Zippy’s.\u00c2\u00a0 My knee stiffened up while sitting there eating.\u00c2\u00a0 I was a bit surprised it wasn’t significantly swollen when I got home and got to ice it.\u00c2\u00a0 The pain level was about where it was about two weeks after injury.\u00c2\u00a0 The day after, there was still a good amount of discomfort.\u00c2\u00a0 After two days of rest, it felt good enough for me to take a spin on the bike to loosen it up, so I guess not major, permanent damage was done.<\/p>\n
Pictures soon<\/p>\n
D = 10.1 km, Vavr = 3.4 km\/h, Vmax = 10.4 km\/h, T = 2-hours, 58-minutes, A\/D = 717 m<\/p>\n
Total trail time about 4 hours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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