Koolau summit from Pupukea to Moanalua
Hiking the Koolau Summit By Harry Whitten Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 08/27/79 Silver Piliwale has done it again. And this time he was 78 years old. Six years ago he celebrated his 72nd birthday anniversary by hiking alone, from Pupukea, along the summit of the Koolau Mountain Range, and down into Moanalua Valley. The trip took five days. This month, this time with a companion, Jo Anne Browne, he tried to repeat the feat. But he and Jo Anne were slowed by rough going and late afternoon fogs, took a day longer than they had planned, and left the summit at the Aiea Ridge Trail instead of going on to where they could descend into Moanalua Valley. This could hardly be cutting the hike short, but continuing on to Moanalua would have added another day to the trip. As it was, some of their relatives and friends who knew about the hike started to worry and began a search. A helicopter flew over the mountains for a while looking for them and was seen by them, but the helicopter crewman did not se...