Hawaii is a paradise island with hot white sand for a calm, measured rest. Really? Our Hawaii is endless rain, mud, blocked roads and prohibiting signs. Our Hawaii are crazy adventures in the clouds, unknown paths in the forest and a sense of total loneliness in the sky.
Aloha! Hawaii! See how it was!
Do you want to repeat it?
Instructions: how to find the Ladder in the sky
Stairway to the sky, it’s Stairway to Heaven, it’s Haiku Stairs – it’s 3922 steps in the clouds and the main attraction is about. Oahu, Hawaii.
The staircase was built in 1943, as the top secret facility of the US Navy. Then it was temporarily opened for visits, but in 1987 it was closed again due to the special danger of the facility.
Can you imagine a more A useful goal for adventurers?
So, despite all the prohibitions, security and endless fences and prohibitive signs, the most courageous travelers are headed to the top with an abandoned radar tower on it every day.
Ready? Go!
Preparation:
1) When choosing clothes, proceeding from the installation, that, most likely, you will fall under the rain, fall into the mud and sit / lie on the ground. Do not need to put on anything. Shoes should be comfortable. It is better to wear special shoes for hiking, but the sneakers are also suitable.
2) Take a lot of water with you. 3922 steps in the heat cause a strong thirst. And if it rains – it will wash your hands, feet and face.
3) Leave early in the morning. The whole process will take 5 to 7 hours. Rising / descending after sunset is dangerous for life.
4) Take a camera, camera, square copter necessarily. But do not forget to hide them in a waterproof bag.
5) If you do not have health insurance, buy it. At least for this one day. The lack of insurance was the only thing I regretted on that day …
So. The most difficult thing is to get to the top of the stairs. Local authorities do everything to weed out the most unstable at this stage.
Stage I
Drive to Kuneki Place. In the same place and park. Do it promptly so that the locals do not notice you and do not drive you ahead of time.
Phase II
Open the Maps.Me application and find the Haiku Stairs in it. Where the path to the staircase crosses Highway 3 usually there is a guard. He can fin you or, worse still, not to let him. According, your task is to get around it. In Maps.Me, two paths in the forest are drawn in black dashed lines, along which you can bypass the guard. Go along them to the highway, pass under the highway, and then go diagonally to the stairs. You need to get out of the wood steeply up. You will see. If you run into the fence. There is a passage there.
If you, after all, stumbled upon a guard, do not panic. He is local, and he climbed 100 times himself on this ladder. And he understands you that. Just now he has such a job. Be polite and friendly with him.
The problem is that periodically the paths in the forest turn into the mash of the mud, along which it is necessary to climb. This is quite difficult. And even dangerous. I fell down and stretched my muscle a lot in the rib area. Therefore, I know about the Stage III only from Tema’s stories and photos.
Stage III
The very ascent. Then do not get lost again. Just walk up the stairs and enjoy the views. I saw the photo in good weather and in the rain. It seems to me that in the rain – it’s even cooler – the landscape is developing completely unreal. But the ladder becomes wet and slippery. Look under your feet and hold on the railing.
Dare!
P.S. And think in advance about where you will wash and wash clothes after climbing. For us, living in the car, this turned out to be a serious problem 🙂
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