Shane Grace

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The Ko’olau Range runs north to south—essentially perpendicular to the prevailing northeasterly trade winds. These winds interact with the steep eastern slopes, causing clouds to accumulate frequently and making days this clear remarkably rare.
Hiking

Hiking Oahu’s Knife-Edge Mountain Range

Exploration of these mountains isn’t new, but it wasn’t until five years ago that the first traverse of the entire range was completed, by Chase Norton, then a PhD student at the University of Hawai’i.