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Equipment Suggestions and Miscellaneous Hints

Let no one say

And say it to your shame

That all was beauty here

Until you came.

— Sign, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

This book isn’t intended to teach you how to hike or backpack. If you can walk, you can hike, especially the “very easy” hikes. You can learn about backpacking in Backpacking Basics by Thomas Winnett and Melanie Findling (see ssss1). Just be sure the trip you pick is within your hiking limits.

This book is intended specifically to let you know where you can hike on Kauai, what to expect when you hike there, and how to get to the trailhead for each hike. And that, I hope, will help you decide which hikes to take.

This section contains suggestions which I hope will make your hikes even more pleasant, and perhaps better protect you and the environment. Of course, you’re the only person who lives in your body, so you’ll have to judge what’s really appropriate for you. But there are a few things you might want to know before you go—things that may be very different from the hiking you’ve done at home on the mainland. (Maybe you already know them, but it’s hard to shut me up when I think I have some good advice.)