Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

HK: Timber line. That’s the end of the timber line. Then we know from here on our bearing
would depend on ahu.
KM: Each ahu. Was the trail fairly clear
HK: No.
KM: Very hard
HK: You can’t find the trail, only the ahu. That’s what we aimed at.
EK: They walked through bushes and stuff.
HK: No, it’s clear, no timber.
KM: Loose rocks and things
HK: Yes, loose rocks. Just outside of the timber line.
KM: Now, I see in your note you said you, “Left Humu‘ula at 6:05 a.m.”
HK: Yes.
KM: And that was the station right. Had cowboys and stuff over there
HK: Yes.
KM: That’s where they stayed
HK: Yes, Sheep Station.
KM: You left the station
HK: Slept there over night and then started hiking.
KM: Wow! And look at this, it says you, “Reached lake at 2:00 p.m., eight hours.” Here,
amazing! Look how quick, when you left the lake at 3:15 p.m…
HK: Yes. Reached home, dark though [chuckles].
KM: Yes, at 6:30.
EK: Yes.
KM: Amazing! Much more faster right, coming down hill [chuckles]. All walk feet
HK: All walk feet.
EK: Eight hours.
HK: To us, it was such an accomplishment to get to the lake where, most people were unable
to, most people, they cannot walk. That’s a hike, boy that’s a hike.
KM: It was George Kaya
HK: Kaya.
KM: Tom Hori, Ishizu, and Henry…
HK: Uyeda.
KM: And Hisao Kimura.
HK: Yes.
EK: One day my brother went up twice, the same day he went up Mauna Kea twice.
KM: You’re kidding!
EK:
He made two trips in one day up to Mauna Kea. This was in 1938. The trail to the lake
was clearly defined by then and cars were able to get as far as Pöhakuloa.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:213