Hungaro Explorer Adventure Blog

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...

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 We took the left ridge as our route "Steve, are you hiking tomorrow?" "No, I don't have any plans. Why?" "I am thinking of doing something fun like Razor's Edge or try the Manana Corner maybe..." "Ok, let's try Manana then!" "Great! See you tomorrow at 7:30 am" This was the conversation between my friend Steve and me, which lead to another documented first ascent of a Windward ridge the next day. But let's just jump back a couple of weeks t

By Nandor Szotak - July 11th 2020 The half of our route, the other half is somewere under the clouds Lately, I was lacking the inspiration to write blogs about my recent adventures. I was more occupied shooting new episodes for my YouTube channel, which is a lot of work... This climb was supposed to be on camera too, but for some reason, I felt it is not going to happen, and it didn't. So now I decided instead to write a blog about this awesome adventure we had with Stacy and

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 Eleao Windward captured by Krista It was a long time in the plan to climb up Eleao Windward, but as usual, life happened, so I had no time to hit the trails. My friend Mike was still here from the mainland, so it was a good push for me to plan this hike already. Drone shot of Eleao Windward ridge. It was a wet and humid Saturday morning when the guys picked me up in Kaneohe. Randy (another friend) drove us to the "unmarked trailhead" of Eleao

By Nandor Szotak - April 16th 2019 True Manamana in the mist Climbing the 1600 feet tall Pu'u Manamana (True Manamana) was on my list for a long time. This peak is not to be confused with Turnover Point (2076 ft), the highest point of Pu'u Manamana ridge. If you look at topographic maps you will find this peak as Pu'u Manamana, but to be differentiated from the ridge with the same name people call it "True Manamana". The actual ridge continues after you reach the peak, drops

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 Panorama of Kamaile'unu Ridge, Kawiwi, No Name and Mt Ka'ala Making a loop to climb the 2 tallest peaks on O'ahu. The original plan was to do Schoefield Waikane to Poamoho this Sunday, but because we didn't get a permit, had to change plans. The weather was pretty ugly in the Ko'olaus so we decided to head out to the West Side. Alex told me that Krista is going to do Kawiwi to Knife Edge Ridge, but we ended up doing the Kalena Ka'ala loop b

by Nandor Szotak August 19th 2018 A long journey up on one of Oahu's less traveled ridge lines. Kalahaku here we come! After finishing all my KST sections, and having to bail from my KST traverse, I needed a new to-do list: Windward ridges. Still not clear to me from where to where people consider those ridges but looking at the old Ko'olau volcano's inner part, for me it looks like from Makapu'u to Kahana or Punalu'u Valley. Let the adventure start! The Kalahaku Teeth

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...