Waihe'e Illumination - February 19, 2016 

E has been the biggest supporter of this event. Glow sticks down a waterfall and shooting long exposure to capture streaks. E set the time at 5:00pm, but since we were all working, we would meet at Waihe'e falls at random times. After work, I drove to Sports Authority to meet E. He drove us down to Kahalu'u and the Hamama trailhead. The hike up to Hamama to the banyan tree was fast, maybe 35 minutes. We met DJ and Sensei at Waihe'e and started setting up shop. It got dark fast. Since I didn't have my camera it meant I had to be the runner. The runner has to climb up to the top of the falls and drop the glowsticks. 

Climbing up was steep, but not too much of a problem. I dropped the glowsticks while everyone was trying to get the correct exposure setting. The falls is about 40 feet high. After I threw the glowsticks, E tried to throw it up to me, but it kept on coming back down. He had the brilliant idea of putting it in a dry bag and throwing it up all together. After the first attempt, I tried to climb down to get the communication better. It was really hard climbing down, so I told the guys to shine a light while I made the descent. 

After we took care of the communication, we did a few more trials. I was freezing balls at the top of the falls as spray was spitting on me while I waited. After we did the trials, we headed back. For some reason it was late in the evening already. Proo came and left to look for The Judge. On our way back we met The Judge and his new girlfriend Jan. 

We walked back in the dark to the steam and tried more trial runs with the stream. It looked to be a success. Unfortunately Proo's new Nikon DSLR fell into the stream and didn't turn back on. That sucks. 

After the stream, we decided to go to the pool to shoot more shots. The pool was a cool scene because it was wide creating nice streaks. Even The Judge got in on the act. 

It only took us 20 minutes to exit the trail in what was an awesome night hike. The post hike meal was Zippy Kaneohe. This is probably the only restaurant open this late in the evening. It was about midnight as we ate a great dinner. The service was slow, but the company was excellent. I was dead tired and ready to go to bed. 

Another awesome hike, we have to do these night hikes more often. It is such a great event.