Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

KM: Yes. But this yellow, fire weed
HK: Oh, this is terrible, yes. No, I think it’s almost…there’s no way you can get rid of ‘em.
KM: Yes.
HK: The seed is so fine and I think it goes with the wind.
KM: I think you’re right.
HK: It blows.
Describes the routes of access to Mauna Kea:
KM: You know from this side when you go up Pu‘u Lä‘au like that and over to Pu‘u Anuanu
HK: Yes.
KM: Did you ever go up to Mauna Kea from this side Or only Kalai‘eha
HK: No, I never did go from this side. They say it’s quite steep.
KM: Yes, it is, very cindery.
HK: As I told you before, the most gradual climb is from the other end.
KM: That’s right, Kalai‘eha.
HK: Kalai‘eha, no what you call.
KM: Kuka‘iau
HK: Kuka‘iau.
KM: Yes, yes, that’s the gradual one.
HK: Gradual climb. On horseback I believe, they go from there, go up.
KM: Yes. Has the trail go up, ‘Umikoa they call it, go up.
HK: Yes ‘Umikoa, right. [pauses] The obituary on that Horie, says he was born at Pu‘u ‘Ö‘ö.
KM: Ahh. Yes, Toshi Imoto, I spoke with a couple of years ago, he was born at Pu‘u ‘Ö‘ö also
and then he, he passed away, he was relatively young, you know. He was only in his
seventies. [pauses] I guess these eucalyptus trees mark out one of the old fields yes
HK: Yes.
KM: The lines, the fence lines. ‘Cause they call those hills down there Nalopakanui or
something like that.
HK: I often think about the smoothness of this land.
KM: Yes, yes.
HK: Because one factor is they used to plow it and plant, it comes more smooth.
KM: Yes, yes. But I guess, like that little bit of mämane up on the hill up there, it must have
been just all mämane forest long ago.
HK: Lots of it, lots of it, yes. And particularly the ‘a‘ali‘i.
KM: Yes.
HK: That is fast disappearing now.
KM: Yes.
HK: Even the ‘a‘ali‘i.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:496