By Nandor Szotak - January 10th 2025 Kapilau Ridge In my opinion, the West Maui Mountains (Mount Kahālāwai) are among the most underrated...

Written by Nandor Szotak on September 3, 2024 Waiting for the sunrise at Holuā campground Haleakalā National Park, located on the island...

Hiking is one of the most popular activities on O'ahu and with good reason. The island is home to some of the most beautiful and...

Which are the 100 highest peaks in Hawaii? Are there 100 mountain peaks In Hawaii? Those were the questions that put me up to this...

A lot of people ask me "Nandor, so if we are 1st time in Hawaii and want to do some short hikes, which are the best hikes to do?" Hawaii...

By Nandor Szotak - June 17th 2020 Nukohe ridge? Where is that? Most of you might ask the same question. If you know me, I always look for...

By Nandor Szotak - May 25th 2020 Sometimes I just sit down in front of the computer, log in to my Gaia account, open the topographic map,...

By Nandor Szotak - December 5, 2020 "Steve, are you hiking tomorrow?" "No, I don't have any plans. Why?" "I am thinking of doing...

By Patrick Rorie Thursday, July 23, 2020 "Wailau here we come!!!" On Thursday, July 23rd, 2020, five intrepid backpackers (Nandor...

By Nandor Szotak - July 11th 2020 Lately, I was lacking the inspiration to write blogs about my recent adventures. I was more occupied...

By Nandor Szotak - May 2nd 2020 I didn't do a new, exciting so-called extreme hike for a while. I was more occupied with peak bagging,...

By Nandor Szotak - June 1st 2019 It was a long time in the plan to climb up Eleao Windward, but as usual, life happened, so I had no time...

By Nandor Szotak - April 16th 2019 Climbing the 1600 feet tall Pu'u Manamana (True Manamana) was on my list for a long time. This peak is...

By Nandor Szotak - January 12th, 2019 An intense day up a gnarly, narrow, crumbly ridge to the tallest peak on the island, combined with...

by Nandor Szotak December 9th 2018 Making a loop to climb the 2 tallest peaks on O'ahu. The original plan was to do Schoefield Waikane to...

by Nandor Szotak August 19th 2018 A long journey up on one of Oahu's less traveled ridge lines. After finishing all my KST sections, and...

by Nandor Szotak March 18 2018 The whole story behind climbing "The Nipple" started 2 years ago when I was hiking up Papali Uka with my...