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Nick Henke

When I hiked it I only went up the the first area on the ridge, not the full on summit. The crouching lion mini hike is awesome! Super quick and not to difficult...as long as you watch your footing and don't go after it has rained.

I did this hike solo about a month ago. I was extremely surprised at the amount of people who I crossed when I hiked it. (10-15) When I got to the top there was probably 10 or so people hanging out which is cool and all, but took away from the experience for me. I'd recommend doing this hike early as possible to avoid the potential crowds.

This hike is without a doubt my favorite hike in Hawaii. The 8 miles roundtrip is not to strenuous which is very nice. I still would say you have to take on this hike. My biggest pieces of advise would be to start early, to avoid the crowds, and to wear a waterproof shoes. I wore water shoes when I hiked to the falls and it worked great since there isn't really any super steep parts to the trail and crossing the stream can be a little sketchy at times. Also the trail will most likely be muddy so having water shoes worked great in the fact that I just washed them off with a hose after the hike!