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General information including local history

Myths and legends

Geologic and hydrologic

Fauna—land and water

Flora

Heads Up!

Hiking in any wilderness or backcountry area involves potential risks that every hiker must be aware of and respect. The fact that a trail is described in this book is not a representation that it will be safe for you. Trails vary greatly in difficulty and in the degree of conditioning and agility one needs to enjoy them safely. Routes may have changed or conditions may have deteriorated since the descriptions were written, particularly in a climatic zone as volatile as the Hawaiian islands.

Wilderness Press attempts to address these changes with each new edition but every season, every year, every storm front or weather pattern, has an immediate impact on terrain, thus altering trails and instantly dating the book. A trail that is safe on a dry day or for a highly conditioned, agile, and properly equiped hiker may be completely unsafe and inappropriate for someone less prepared or for an exquisitely prepared hiker who runs into an unpredictably adverse weather condition (such as the hurricanes that devastated Kauai in 1982 and 1992).