As appropriated improvement money sits pending Hawai‘i Gov. Linda Lingle’s release, an anonymous volunteer has started tackling needed work on the most perilous stretch of world-renowned Na Pali Coast Trail on Kaua‘i’s North Shore.
“Last year, I was approached by several members of the community expressing concern for safety on the trail,” said state Sen. Gary [...]

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THE Poomau Ditch Trail hugs a mountainside, and we hiked carefully, looking down at the path so as not to take a false step and fall hundreds of feet to eternity. Gnarly ohia lehua trees lined the side away from the chasm, and abrasive blackberry bushes — not native to Hawaii, but thriving here on [...]

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