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HAWAI’I SERVICE TRIP PROGRAM (H.S.T.P.)
UPCOMING TRIPS
For over 25 years, HSTP has nurtured and protected our island
home by leading week to two week long service trips. This past
summer, these service trips went to Kalaupapa, Moloka’i;
Keanae, Maui and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island.
The work varied with weed eradica-tion, planting, trail clearing
and fencing. With fun free-time in between. If interested or
want more information, please contact Sherine Boomla - 739-3936
MAHALO “BOB”!
for your many years of service (what is it 30? 35?) to High
School Hikers and environmental education in Hawai’i. May
you have a most enjoyable retirement! Congratulations! You survived!
ECOLOGY CAMP 2000 INVADES ISLAND OF
HAWAI’I
[photo] [Our happy campers on the “Beach at Honaunau”]
Excitement, exhaustion, elation, endurance and lots of fun! Sound
like an emotional trip? It sure was for 81 students, teachers
and advisors from various high schools on Oahu. Our weary eyed
group arrived in Hilo Sunday, March 26th to start Spring Break
2000 on “the Big Island.” .
Home for the first half of this great adventure was Kekealani
Environmental Education Center, located in the heart of Volcano
Village. This tiny school has all the makings of a larger school
with 2 classrooms, a recreation room, dining/meeting room, kitchen,
office, pavilion, basketball court and a HUGE yard.
That first day started with a “welcome” orientation
and camp set-up. After lunch the group toured the Jaggar Museum,
Halema’uma’u Crater, the Visitor Center and Crater
Rim Drive in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Back at camp
a pot of hot beef stew was waiting and a night of fun activities
and planning.
Day 2: After a chilly night tenting in the cold Volcano air,
everyone was ready for the days work. Off to Pohakuloa Training
Area where various teams did an out planting project, endangered
species survey and management, cultural site visits and a nursery
tour. We can attest that if the work didn’t wear out our
hikers, the drive back to Volcano Village did. Later that evening,
our weary participants were treated to a talk by David Kimo Frankel,
Sierra Club EXCOMM Chairperson and storyteller Kepa Maly.
Tuesday was spent doing service projects for Hawai’i
Volcanoes National Park. Our group broke into teams to work on
ginger eradication, jeruselum cherry eradication, out planting
or Mullein eradication and nene pen removal. The evening activity
involved t-shirt printing or other art work and evaluating the
day’s activities.
On our fourth day the group broke-down camp and headed to
Saddle Road. Three different groups went on 3 different adventures.
Group A to Mauna Loa Observatory and the Solar Corona Dome. Group
B to Mauna Kea Observatory. And Group C to Onizuka Visitor Center
and to hike Pu’u Huluhulu (a cinder cone). What breathtaking,
AWESOME views! Definitely the highlight of the trip.
On to Kona and check-in at Uncle Billy’s Kona Bay Hotel.
It was nice to have a real bed and a chance to
dry out.
The next day was full of active adventures. One group hiked
Manuka Natural Area Reserve. Another hiked Kealakekua Bay. And
the last group toured Greenwell Botanical Garden, Pu’ukohola
National Historic Monument and the Kohala, North Kona andWaimea
areas.
Then that evening, everyone was treated to skits and a dance
at the Old Kona Airport Pavilion.
[photo] “Disco King” Bob Keane! Ooooo ... good moves
Bob!
Last day: “Already!” Check-out of Uncle Billy’s.
Then pay a visit to Pu’uhonua ‘o Honaunau and the
Common Heritage Corp on OTEC and aquaculture. And off to the
airport. Many of our hikers were saying “do
we have to leave so soon!”
[photo] Above: Castle Hiking Club setting-up camp at Big Island
Ecology Camp.
[photo] Right and middle: Farrington Hiking Club at Makapu’u
- March 2000.
[photo] Students “get-to-know” each other at Ecology
Camp 2000.
Kekealani Environmental Education Center, Volcano, Big Island.
[photo] Left: Kuhea Paracuelles , the leader and some students
hike to the planting area with plants in hand.
Camp Waianae
by Scarlet Valeros
On the weekend of April 14-16, we (Hui Lama) went to camp
Waianae to bond and have fun. There was about 23 of us there.
It was so much fun, but the hikes kept us balanced out. It balanced
our fun and work.
The camp was very calm with exception of Cody and Rachel screaming
and laughing. We all started to bond and laugh through different
activities that my committee and I put together. I thought people
didn’t really like them so we ended up playing “Marco
Polo” and “Capture the Flag”.
On our first hike we visited Bill Garnet and all of his special
endangered plants. We dug three plots where he could plant some
new plants. It was hard work! We softened the soil to about 6”
deep. We had to pull and clip the root, shovel the dirt, and
more plants. It was hard work but it was all for a good cause.
We got dirty, but it didn’t matter, we were just doing our
jobs. It feels nice to give back to the land. After we dug the
first two plots we hiked and made a new plot. It was in a place
with lots of ferns. It was also next to some really nice and
really expensive endangered plants. After a hard days work, we
came back to camp. Taking a bath felt so nice! We relaxed and
ate a really awesome meal.
We woke up Sunday morning, had a good breakfast and cleaned
camp. We were all unaware of the extreme hike we were about to
face. We got there and as usual Lahela and I were in the back
cruising. Then we saw it. A muddy, uphill climb to a top we thought
we’d never see. We slid and fell and almost cried all the
way up. Without Riki and Abraham we wouldn’t have made it.
When we made it to the top we found out that we had to go down.
The steep drop really scared me. We slid down the muddy hill,
trying to walk, only to fall again and again. When we were done
I was covered with mud and we came back “skanky” smelling.
It was an accomplishment for me even though I didn’t look
too happy. Rachel recleared the “boomla” award and
Lahela and I got the “Raunchy Skanky” award. After
all that we still managed to crack a smile. Overall I had fun
and I’d like to go back...I think. Oh Yeah! The banana boats
and fire were a really cool thing to do, and I liked our cabins.
HIGH SCHOOL HIKERS - ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
FOR 2000-2001 SCHOOL YEAR
AUGUST
Sat 8/26/00 Kaena Point Fishing Trip Campbell
SEPTEMBER
Sun 9/3/00 Alewa-Kapalama Heights Hike Kamehameha
Sat 9/9/00 ‘Aiea Loop Trail Leilehua
Sun 9/10/00 Manoa Cliffs Hike Moanalua
Sat 9/16/00 Service Project: "Get the Drift and Bag It"
Campbell
Beach Clean-Up, Oneula Beach Park Leilehua
Na Pohaku ‘O Hauwahine Kamehameha
Fri-Sun 9/21-9/23/00 Sunset Beach Camp-out Moanalua
Sat 9/30/00 FALL HIKERS WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCE ALL SCHOOLS Kamehameha
Schools
OCTOBER
Fri-Sun 10/6-10/8/00 Leader’s Retreat Leilehua
Sat 10/7/00 Waimano Pool Hike Hike Campbell
First Aid and CPR class Castle
Sun 10/8/00 Maunawili Falls Hike Castle
Fri-Sun 10/13-10/15/00 Pre-Camp Alewa-Kapalama Trail Kamehameha
Sat 10/21/00- HALLOWEEN NIGHT HIKE/CAMP ALL SCHOOLS
Sun 10/22/00 Kualoa Regional Park
Sat-Sun 10/28-10/29/00 Peacock Flats Kamehameha
NOVEMBER
Sat 11/4/00 Waimano Pools Hike Castle
Hanauma Bay Leilehua
Sun 11/12/00 Waimano Pools Hike Moanalua
Sat 11/18/00 Honouliuli Wildlife Refuge Service
Project Campbell
Car Wash Castle
Waialae Iki Kamehameha
Craft Fair Leilehua
Sun 11/19/00 Pauoa Flats Farrington
DECEMBER
Sat-Sun 12/2-12/3/00 Kahana Bay Camp-out Moanalua
Sun 12/3/00 Waimano Pools Trail Leilehua
Sat 12/9/00 Honolulu "City Lights" Hike Campbell
Palehua-Palikea Hike Castle
Christmas Craft Fair Fund raiser Moanalua
Sat 12/16/00 Karaoke Farrington
Na Pohaku ‘O Hauwahine Kamehameha
Sun 12/17/00 Audubon Bird Count Kamehameha
JANUARY
TBA Palama Uka Hike/Camp-out Moanalua
Sat 1/13/01 Kuliouou Ridge Hike Castle
Ko’olau Poko - Maunawili Kamehameha
Sat 1/20/01 Leilehua or Botanical Garden Leilehua
Holo Makani Service Project Kamehameha
Sat 1/27/01 Kealia Trail Hike Campbell
FEBRUARY
Sat 2/3/01 Kealia Trail Leilehua
Sat 2/10/01 Makapu’u Light House/Whale watching Castle
& Mariner's Ridge Hike
Sat 2/17/01- ECOLOGY CAMP ALL SCHOOLS
Mon 2/19/01 Kaneohe Bay
MARCH
Sat 3/3/01 Diamond Head, Makapu’u Leilehua
Sat 3/10/01 Opae Ula Hike Campbell
Mon-Wed3/20-3/22/01 Outer Island Trip: Kaua’i Campbell
Sat 3/24/01 Kahana Valley Hike Castle
Sun-Fri 3/25-3/30/01 Moloka’i Trip Kamehameha
Sun-Fri 3/25-3/30/01 Maui Spring Break Service Trip Moanalua
APRIL
Sat 4/07/01 Poamoho Hike Castle
Schofield-Waikane Leilehua
Sat-Sun 4/7-4/8/01 ‘Aiea Loop Trail/Keaiwa Park
Camp-out Moanalua
Sat 4/14/01 Waianae Kai Hike Campbell
Hau’ula Loop Trail Kamehameha
Sat 4/21/01 Service Project: Earth Day Beach Clean-Up, Campbell
Oneula Beach Park
MAY
Sat 5/5/01 Lanipo Hike Castle
Maunawili Falls Leilehua
Sat 5/12/01 Spring Craft Fair Fund raiser Moanalua
Sat 5/12/01- Overnight Camp Campbell
Sun 5/13/01 Malaekahana State Park
Sat 5/19/01 Hotels Association Charity Walk Campbell
Social or Alaska Prep Kamehameha
TBA END-OF-YEAR BANQUET ALL SCHOOLS
HALLOWEEN NIGHT
with High School Hikers is coming up. See your advisors to
sign-up!
DATE: October 21, 2000
TIME: 6:00pm
PLACE: Kualoa District Park
COSTUME CONTEST, JACK-O-LANTERN CARVING CONTEST, GHOST
STORYTELLING AND NIGHT HIKE.
Plus outrigger canoeing, star gazing, sand crab catching,
night fishing and bon fire!
KAWAI NUI HERITAGE FOUNDATION SERVICE
PROJECTS SCHEDULE 2000
(All times are 8:30am-2:30pm unless noted. See Chuck "Doc"
Burrows for information.)
- Sat. Jan. 8 - Holomakani Heiau
- Sat. Jan. 15 ? - Kapa`a Quarry Rd. Trash Pick-Up - 8:30am
-12 pm
Sat. Feb. 12 - Na Pohaku o Hauwahine
- Sat.Mar. 11 - Na Pohaku o Hauwahine
Sat. Apr. 8 - Holomakani Heiau
Sat. Apr. 22? - Kapa`a Quarry Rd. Trash Pick-Up - 8:30am -12
pm
Sat. May. 13 - Na Pohaku o Hauwahine
- Sat. June. 10 - Na Pohaku o Hauwahine
Sat. July 15 - Holomakani Heiau
Sat. Aug.. 12. - Na Pohaku o Hauwahine
WHAT TO BRING: Backpack, lunch, 1 qt. water, rain gear, mosquito
repellent, gloves.
TOOLS: Sickles, pruners, hand saws, machete, weeders.
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