Hiking Hawaii: Moiliili (Honolulu, Hawaii) Karst Cave
by Easy Hiker
http://easyhikerhawaii.blogspot.com/2012/07/moiliili-karst.html
Around 4am that morning we were met at our house by two of our good friends who would be joining us. We grabbed our bags and headlamps and half asleep, set off on our drive to Manoa.
We were forced to low and at points crawl, but in just a few short minutes we had reached the cave system.
The water was very clear and the cave, in and of itself, was a very pleasing sight. As we began to make our way further into the cave, the water was about chest high.
The water that was incredibly clear was now becoming murky due to those in front of me stirring up the silt as they trudged along. At points I felt like we were walking in quick sand, but only a few parts were really bad.
Every time one of us grabbed the ceiling of the cave, a ton of rocks would fall.
At one point, shortly after we had entered the cave system, I propped myself up onto a rock. As everyone was talking, the rock I was standing on, suddenly gave way and I went tumbling. My first instinct was to save my DSLR camera (which I did).
A few moments later I realized that I had sliced my right leg open in numerous of spots and was bleeding extremely well.
I thought the cave was spectacular, but had no griped about turning around. We all had a lot of fun on our way back to the entrance but as we got closer to exiting my friend noticed a set of eyes in the distance, staring at us.
My wife hid behind a pillar as my friend tried to duck behind her. After a few minutes of being slightly scared, and extremely paranoid, my other buddy caught up to us and informed us that the eyes were merely the tunnel entrance in the distance, with light shinning through now that it was daylight out.
While the adventure was fairly short, it was filled with laughs and good times with good friends. I am not gonna make a habit of visiting this cave, but I will definetly go back sooner rather than later.
The Moiliili Karst Formation http://explorebiodiversity.com/Hawaii/hikes/Moiliili/cavemap.html
http://explorebiodiversity.com/Hawaii/hikes/Moiliili/caveorganisms.html
Moili'ili Karst Cave Exploration http://www.alohafrom808.com/2012/06/moiliili-karst-cave-exploration-june-2012/
Moili'ili Karst Exploration http://notsogreathikingblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/moiliili-karst-exploration.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RrGTMYk5cXI
Moiliili Karst http://easyhikerhawaii.blogspot.com/2012/07/moiliili-karst.html
Mōʻiliʻili Karst (Mōʻiliʻili Water Cave)http://totakeresponsibility.blogspot.com/2012/12/moiliili-karst-moiliili-water-cave.html
