This is what happened the year you came back. This was the death
So someone actually died here? A couple of people have. Yeah
like three people..
I lost my phone while I was
hiking up here.
I hope I'm going the right way
okay so I have absolutely no
idea what I'm doing I can't even find the trail that I came here on
so I'm like a monkey stand right now
Good evening from the beaches of Waikiki I just got done with another surf
session but I think I'm finally kind of starting to get the hang of surfing but
anyway this video is not about surfing I was supposed to go on this hike that I
was really excited about called the Pali Notches hike today with the
guy from my hostel and he ended up bailing last minute so I couldn't go
I was kind of bummed out about that and now I just decided that I'm just gonna
start going on these sketchy hikes by myself starting with the Crouching lion
hike tomorrow
Still super exhausted from being wiped out by 8 foot waves this morning
I think my foot is a little injured from the sea urchin spike that
got stuck in there a few days ago but I'm going on the Crouching lion hike
which is supposed to be one of the most difficult and dangerous hikes in all of
O'ahu Actually I met this guy at this hostel
or my hostel who told me that his friend died while she was trying to do this a
couple years ago so I need to be extra careful on this one. The reason I'm doing
this today despite being exhausted is because the bus ride to there and back
should take around 4 hours total and apparently that number gets a lot worse
on the weekdays so I'm gonna do it today on a Sunday or I'll have to wait till
next week
Had to get my fuel for the big day ahead. Think I'm ready to get on the bus
now
Ok so I definitely got off at the wrong bus stop. I think have to walk 10
more minutes that way to get there but this street doesn't really have a
sidewalk or a place to walk so I'll just have to maneuver my way out there. By the
way behind me, behind those mountains is where they filmed Jurassic Park and you
can actually go and visit the set and take a tour but that costs like 50 to
150 dollars but I think I might go do that someday. Now I need to get to this
hike and get started
So I think I can see the actual view point I'm trying to get
to behind me there and there are two ways to get there: a short way and a long
way, and it's a one-hour loop all together but it's a very steep elevation
gain. So it's like 2,000 feet to the top, not an easy
hike. I don't know why someone honked at me
yeah it is supposed to take around one
hour to do the whole thing but I'm sure it'll take me longer with all my foot
injuries, and my backpack full of a lot of water
So this little walk is definitely not meant to be done on foot. If I had known
earlier how sketch this is gonna get I would have waited for the next bus so if
you end up at the wrong bus stop just wait for the next bus, don't try to
walk it. There's not really any real sidewalks here
okay not gonna lie
I knew this was gonna be a little dangerous but I wasn't expecting it to be straight up
vertical from the very start of the hike There's a rope here which I don't know
how much I can trust. These are good holds
but like there's no way I can do this with my camera swinging around my
shoulders I just pulled out my GoPro so you can get that point-of-view view of the hike
okay guys I want to keep this one short because I think I have some bad news and
I don't have time to really film the way I initially intended to
I lost my phone while I was hiking up here
at some point between where the ropes started to here
here and then I went back and spent like 30 minutes trying to find
where my phone is
I couldn't really find it anywhere so it must have fallen into some like crack or
undergrowth that I can't find, but I think I only have like an hour before
sunset but I think I see the crouching lion hike over there so I'm gonna go as
far and back as I can in the next 20 minutes towards that spot behind me and
after that I'm just gonna head back down the way I came up
yeah I definitely
don't want to be stuck here in the dark I haven't seen anyone else so far on the
hike and I don't know if I'll see anyone else on the hike
okay so I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. I think that is the Crouching
Lion point behind me but I can't even find the trail that I came here on so
I'm not gonna try to be any more stupid than I already have been today. I'm gonna
go down whatever way I can and try to find a bus or someone who can help
me get an uber or direct me to a bus
Dude I hope I'm going the right way there's way too much undergrowth here
hopefully will get me out of here..
well..
okay so I thought I was going down and out but I guess I ended up right where
this rock is. I didn't really realize where I was going until the
undergrowth cleared up. Well yeah I'm gonna head out again and try to find a
way out but I think this is it This is Crouching Lion
okay the drop-offs are pretty bad here
You guys didn't see a phone on the trail by any chance did you? No we didn't. I'm sorry
is that the easiest way down? No
do you know where the easy way down is?
You know where the second path is? No
(provides instructions to find second trail)
If you want we are going down that way. We can show you
You mind if I tag along? OKay
Yeah no problem
What's your name?
Nadir Hi Nadir, I am Britney
and LA was very depressing
during the pandemic so I just came to Hawaii like six weeks ago. Yeah this is
like my first real hike. I got my hiking shoes and everything
Just follow it straight and follow it straight off (jokingly points towards drop)
Yeah that's what I was thinking. But yeah I was
totally lost for like 20 minutes cuz I couldn't even find the way there
And I was like, what do I do?
So Laura this is what happened the year you came back
This was the death
So someone
actually died here? A couple of people have. yeah like three people.
If they put a sign up here
saying that people would be more careful
Yeah
They actually
closed it for a little bit
So if you follow either this path or
that path down there. yeah. You should come to a clearing where there's
another grave. Okay. it should be on your left. If you have any more trouble...
and it's it's a simple path? Yeah
Just yell, "I can't find it!"
Laura and Brittany, Nadir. Nice to meet you. Thank you guys. Yeah no problem
okay so I was lost for like 30 minutes and basically panicking. Then I ran into
these really nice women who go to BYU who showed me the way back and showed me
the easy way down which is right here hopefully I can find more people who can
give me a ride or something and yeah so the place where I was
before that's not actually the
crouching Lion. Behind me, that, that is the actual Crouching Lion. I don't know if
I'll have time to like go up it but let's see. Not gonna lie this is quite
the view. I know there's more serious sh** going on right now but hey at least
my phone hopefully has a really pretty final resting place right now
okay so whoever told me this is supposed to be easy was straight up lying. This is
like some jungle book sh**. I'm like hanging onto branches half the time as
I'm going down
so there's good news at last. Met this family who were taking family pictures on
this beautiful Lake and they told me how to catch the bus to Waikiki so at least
I know how to get out
ok so I think I've found the bus stop here so I think I'll be fine and the bus
driver can probably tell me where to go and how to get back to my hostel and I
bet I'll be watching this video 20 years from now and laughing
this definitely
turned out to be more of an adventure than I planned it to be
Alright peace out for this vlog. I'll see you guys in the next one