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It’s up to you

No book can substitute for, or give you, five things only you can supply: physical fitness, preparation, experience, caution, and common sense. Don’t leave the trailhead without them.

Don’t spread pest plants

As I mentioned in the chapter on geology and history, Hawaii has been overrun by introduced plants. It’s important to try to control the spread of these plants. One thing you can do to help is to wash the soil, and with it the seeds of any pest plants—you hope—off of your shoes or boots before you leave a hiking area. Or pick up a stick and scrape off your soles. Note also that you, like any other animal, can carry pest-plant seeds in your digestive tract and deposit them, ready to sprout, in your solid wastes. (Pest plants include all the guavas.) Either hold it till you get to a toilet or dig your hole deep enough to make it impossible for the seeds to sprout (one foot deep, according to a pamphlet on the subject. I’m just passing this information on. I have no idea how to carry enough equipment to dig a hole that deep when hiking). For more information, call the Hawaii State Department of Agriculture, Weed Control Section: (808) 548-7119.