Weeping Wall / Blue Hole Kauai Hike Guide
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- An awesome day in one of Kauai's most remote and sacred places. Please read the full guide for detailed information about this beautiful yet difficult hike.
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Thanks for the video! My son and I are going to attempt this in a few weeks (weather permitting). Experienced backpackers and day hikers. We're looking forward to the challenge and the reward at the end.
Yesssss! So glad finally a good guide on this. We did this last year, and it was unforgettable. Also crazy how much harder this felt for us who do 10+ 14ers a year.
Also FWIW all the guides use and trust those ropes also 😅
It was so awesome but damn, so tedious. Similar to how I feel when elevation really starts getting me when I’m tired above 13k. Those ropes are 🥶 but glad they held up for me.
This looks spectacular! Shots are just amazing my friend! Absolutely stunning!
I dig your hiking vids bro and glad you made it back to HI again. Love Kauai but Oahu (where I live) has the best hikes in HI. I recommend doing as much of Koolau Summit Trail as you can if you ever visit.
Thanks for sharing such an awesome hike!
Glad you enjoyed it 🤘🏽
Thanks for sharing this hike. It's one of my favorites I've ever done, and I didn't even make it to the end. I attempted to do it a year ago in March, but only made it slightly past where you shot the footage of the rope before the gate (ran out of time, ambition, etc.). Just out of curiosity, do you remember how far it was between those two points? My GPS recorder started going wacky as I got close to the steep canyon walls, so I'm not even sure how much farther I had to go. :(
Hello, how long is the hike to the first water fall you come to? How far would you say it was if you drive to the start of the trail? Thank you!
4x4 is absolutely necessary, especially for wet conditions. Our dirt becomes clay/slippery & the mud acts like quicksand. Then youll need 4x4 to do the river crossing to have maximum traction without getting swept down (which has happened even with jeeps).
The road is "decent" bc after the 2018 massive "flood bomb," DLNR did maintenance on the road(s).
Previous to this, it was DEEPLY rutted & bouldered out in multiple sections that would require high(er) clearance. Fun for off-roading, not so fun if you dont know what you're doing.
At least the water was warm. Looks like an epic hike. Put it on my list.
Water was quite lovely to be honest, super warm and besides the one big dip, not too deep ever.
Looks like a fun trail, not too hard when the water isn't high. The weeping wall was impressive.
How do you prepare for a hike like this?
This is so awesome! The views are so beautiful. Do you know if there are places or companies there that offer guided tours? I'm really interested but I'm scared to go alone and know none of my friends and family would be interested. I'm also not a very experienced hiker. 😞
Hey - I believe there are as I had read some trip reports about them before I hiked but unfortunately I don't know the names of them off the top of my head.
Now to get to the top of those falls, the highpoint of the island Kawaikini from the west inside the Canyon.
I did think about it but with the rainy season at hand, never would have had a good weather window.
True, best time is April-May. I was stationed there for a couple of years, so I had time to get around to many of the most epic climbs on all the islands.
I’ve hiked out there 3 times. 2nd time made it all the way to the edge. The 3rd time (a couple weeks ago), I turned around after making it with only about a quarter mile to go. The weather up there was awful. Rain blowing sideways with very strong gusts. It wasn’t worth it at that point. I was soaked and freezing cold. So I just thought, I’m close enough. I’m cutting my losses and turning back now. Weather is very unpredictable up there.
Do you wear socks when you do this and cross water etc?
Sure do!
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7:07 YES, WE ABSOLUTELY WANT PPL TO BRUSH THEIR SHOES BEFORE ENTERING that area.
There are extremely rare & critically endangered flora in that site. Brushing off invasive seeds, spores, etc is necessary to help keep that area native & uncontaminated.
& it IS a sacred Hawaiian site. Being as LNT as possible in there is a must.
Appreciate this comment and this was not meant as a shot to NOT brush your shoes off, there is just literally half a brush there to do said brushing.
See any crazy jungle bugs or spiders?
On this hike, surprisingly nothing. But Jackie did get a rather weird worm her on another hike that was pretty gross haha
So you are encouraging folks to break their rental car agreements? nice. Hope you get sued.
😂 Absolutely WILD leap to go from me talking about the roads to breaking a rental car agreement.