Present at the Dawn of Creation
Sunrise over Haleakala Crater - we arrived by car at dawn. I'd come to Hawaii with my girlfriend, Jewel, to snorkel and hike and kayak and eat. Mostly, though, I wanted to ride my bike up Haleakala, from sea level to 10,023 feet above the sea. Distance in miles: 35.5, all but a few hundred yards of them uphill.
This first trip up the mountain let me take in its majesty at the most beautiful time of day, and I had a chance to see what the entire route was like.
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Observatories Atop HaleakalaCapture Date: Feb 26, 2015 10:50 AM•Views: 219No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Alternate Way for Hawaiians to Get HighCapture Date: Mar 5, 2015 03:11 PM•Views: 216No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Base of Operations, Up Country
We rented a beautiful home in remote Ulupalakula.
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Beauty in A FlowerCapture Date: Feb 26, 2015 12:10 PM•Views: 216No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Hawaiian FlowerCapture Date: Feb 26, 2015 12:18 PM•Views: 215No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Maui VegetationCapture Date: Feb 26, 2015 11:47 AM•Views: 213No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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A Chance Meeting with Jazz Musician Marion Meadows
After enjoying some coffee cake and coffee in a little cafe in Kula, part of up country Maui, we met famous jazz musician Marion Meadows, who also likes to ride his bike.
He mentioned his own ride on Haleakala and talked about two fellow cyclists who had to be rescued part way down the mountain on their ride from the top, when they became hypothermic due to wet conditions and soaked clothing.
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Friendly Dog
A "local" didn't want Marion to continue his ride.
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How I Looked a Week Earlier
A few weeks before our trip, I took and failed a stress test/electrocardiogram. A week before the trip, I underwent angioplasty, for a suspected blocked artery in my heart. My cardiologist ran a wire up through my wrist and into my heart, only to discover the stress test gave a false result. I learned the test results are often wrong. Better safe than sorry, though. I was back on my bike two days later.
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How I Appeared the Morning of the Ride
I began riding up Haleakala from the town of Paia. I'd rented a bike from Maui Cyclery. I'd had a good night's sleep and felt fine. Time: 7:50 a.m.
I wore my silly but hard-earned jersey I'd purchased as a souvenir after riding up Stelvio Pass in Italy the prior summer. Wearing the jersey, I told myself, would be a talisman, like Dumbo's magic feather, giving me the confidence to reach the top, no matter what obstacles – heat, cold, fatigue – I might meet along the way.
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Pedaling out of Paia
Although it wasn't yet 8 a.m., the air was oppressively hot and humid. Haleakala was barely visible through the morning haze of evaporating moisture.
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Town of MakawaoCapture Date: Feb 27, 2015 11:13 AM•Views: 211No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Turn to the right at the Cowboy Church Sign!Capture Date: Feb 25, 2015 08:33 PM•Views: 208No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Riders Down
Hundreds of people a day take a ride down the mountain, after being hauled to the top by vans. No downhill for me until I reached the top under my own power.
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