Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Well, this is of course, where they do all their functions right, you know when they have
the big stuff going on.
Oh, this is the polo field, isn’t it
Yes.
Well, naturally you have to keep it up…
[driving up to Pu‘u Ku‘ikahekili] Look at Hualälai, now that’s your mountain, yeah
[chuckles] Well, I’ve been away from it for so long.
You have been for a long time, yeah.
When you go up to Ahu-a-‘Umi, you can come around if you keep going, and look right in
to here.
Yes, you go to Halelä‘au side like that.
You know when we were kids before, we used to up to Halelä‘au to hunt sheep.
[chuckles]
Why is that hill so bare Look at that dirt hill, golly it doesn’t make sense when everything
else is all covered so well here.
Whatever you do, don’t back into that electric fence [smiling].
I won’t, I’ll be careful.
Because I might fly out of here.
[all laughing]
…How did you know they weren’t hot wires
At least I knew to grab the plastic.
[chuckles] Oh.
We’ll go to the top.
Yes, we’ll get up to the top. What a beautiful day!
Lucky Puhi still works here
Yes, he does.
Is he kind of, in charge
Yes, he is. He oversees the operations, sees what’s going on and makes sure things are
taken care of.
[reach the top of Pu‘u Ku‘ikahekili]
What is that
It’s a seismometer.
Oh. Oh my God, look at this. What a view!
Isn’t it awesome!
What a view!
Before, we never used to come up here.
You never did
No. Because there were bees right around here someplace. Damn bees used to sting
[chuckles]!
Mauna Kea– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina”
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:83