I hiked the Kalalau trail 3 times. It was great. It was a very hard hike but well worth it, the best hike I have ever done. A couple of weeks before Kalalau 1 I had hiked the Grand Canyon, I got into shape for it and it was pretty easy despite its reputation, but Kalalau was definitely tough. Kalalau 2 was also great. However by Kalalau 3 the authorities had stationed guards at the beach. First morning of Kalalau 3 one of the guards, a well trained Hawaiian, woke us at 6 am to inspect our papers, fortunately we had our permit so they did not destroy our tent. If I had wanted to visit a police state I wouldn't have wasted my time and money going to Kaua'i, obviously I haven't been back. As a camper I never spent a lot of money there anyway, they probably want just high rollers coming in and paving over their island with elegant mini malls, make it just like north Maui and Orange County. Money trumps nature every time.
We were nude the whole time there the first two trips. So was everyone else. It was great. Its a nice, liberating feeling, to be the way God made you out in the middle of magnificent isolated natural beauty. The stone walls of the Hawaiian village there still stand, it was a community into the 1920's. Surf at Kalalau was very powerful, I saw a large shark swimming thru one wave. One night on a nature call I walked nude out to the beach, blown away by the vast amount of stars overhead cut off in stark black by the pali. The lore of the place is impressive, the hippie colony back in the valley in the '60's and '70's financed by the son of a famous Hollywood personality and the legends of the cones.
The Kalalau hikes were some of the greatest, most beautiful experiences of my life, I will treasure the memories forever.
We were nude the whole time there the first two trips. So was everyone else. It was great. Its a nice, liberating feeling, to be the way God made you out in the middle of magnificent isolated natural beauty. The stone walls of the Hawaiian village there still stand, it was a community into the 1920's. Surf at Kalalau was very powerful, I saw a large shark swimming thru one wave. One night on a nature call I walked nude out to the beach, blown away by the vast amount of stars overhead cut off in stark black by the pali. The lore of the place is impressive, the hippie colony back in the valley in the '60's and '70's financed by the son of a famous Hollywood personality and the legends of the cones.
The Kalalau hikes were some of the greatest, most beautiful experiences of my life, I will treasure the memories forever.
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