BEST HIKE THAT WILL WORK YOU
Haleakala
Yeah, it’s a beautiful hike all right. And anything that’s worth having is worth working for, right? Unfortunately for my relationship at the time, the 11-mile, two-day hike through 10,000-foot Haleakala Crater was just about the beginning of the end. Maybe it was the three miles of slippery downhill sand carrying a 20-pound pack of snacks and liquor. Or the staggering for hours across a never-ending moonscape-like expanse with abysmal pits and caves, extreme temperature fluctuations and an occasional odd nene or two. Maybe it was the two-mile vertical on a muddy, winding, steep hill in the rain with a 10-pound pack on the way back. More likely, it was my inability to stop yelling “Fire!” in the middle of night while we were sleeping, but whatever. Seriously, the hike through Halekala Crater is challenging but, for most normal folk, spectacular and quite worth the trip—you won’t see or experience anything like it! Haleakala National Park, 572-4400. [SC]
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