Island Chronicles by Augusto Decastro
Ka’au Crater Hike 2013
Ka’au Crater is located deep in Palolo Valley. The hike begins with stream crossings in the valley before climbing along waterfalls as you ascend to Ka’au Crater.
HURT100 2013
I was fortunate enough to participate in this year’s HURT100 as a volunteer and a pacer. Below is a video of some of the finishers during the last few hours before the cut-off.
Nuchi du Takara: Life is the Treasure
From Okinawa to Hawaii Nuchi du Takara: Life is the Treasure Performances by Daiichi Hirata, Director General of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the Okinawa Prefectural Government Frances Nakachi-sensei, Tamagusuku Ryu Senjukai Hawaii Derek Ichiro Shiroma-sensei, Okinawa Minyo Kyokai Hawaii Produced by Shari Tamashiro Filmed in WWII Valor in the Pacific National [...]
Hiking in Downtown Honolulu
I was on my way to St. Patrick’s day block party in Nuuanu when I realized that I’ve never explored downtown Honolulu. I had time to kill so I decided to walk around a few blocks to do some scouting.
HURT100 2012
The HURT100 trail race is organized by the awesome people of the Hawaii Ultra Running Team. This year I volunteered in Paradise Park deep in Manoa Valley which is one of the three aid stations for this trail course. These ultra runners began their 100 mile trek in the Nature Center (Makiki) at 6 in [...]
Purple Group Picnic
The Purple Group is part of the Marathon Clinic which meets at 6am instead of 7:30am on Sundays at Kawaikui Beach Park. Today, Benny shared his talent for the art of Gyotaku and printed menpachi and other kinds of fish on t-shirts. Michael also helped by printing Chinese characters.
Over the Pali Run
Fun run with the Soul Runners. We passed by interesting terrain before reaching Pali Lookout. After 12 miles, we finished near a Starbucks in downtown for coffee, but not without doing a pyramid first.