This geocache is named to honor Erwin "Ski Poles" Jaskulski. a
long time member of the Hawaii Trail and Mountain Club who passed
away in 2006 at the ripe old age of 103. Erwin and good friend
Chuck Godek cleared the trail described in #3 below. That trail is
known as the Godek-Jaszkulski Trail. The below link will give you
some information about Ski Poles and the beginnings of this
trail.
Ski Poles
Jaskulski
I placed the cache in an easy to reach location. Please be sure
to cover it so muggles can't see it. This is a small cache with
just a few odd "ball" things in it as well as an all weather log
book in it. The cache container is in a one gallon Zip Lock bag for
protection from water. There is a “First to Find” card in side that
at some point in time can be turned in to me w/4 others for a plant
from my collection.
This cache is NOT for the weak of body. You will huff and
puff
and sweat in your quest to find it. The cache was place on top of
the left ridge of Moanalua Valley. There are three ways to get to
the cache but I recommend starting behind the Tennis courts and
after a 1 mile hike to the cache. Then continuing to the other
cache on the ridge coming down the Godek/Jaskulski Trail which is
on your right after a long steep climb with a rope and is marked
down w/a sign that says "Valley Road". It is also marked w/ORANGE
bottle caps. You then walk out on the old "carriage road" making a
nice 6 mile loop thru a great variety of plant life both native and
exotic. The trail was last cleared on April 26th 2009 by members of
the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club.
1-Behind the tennis court is a trail that zigs and zags its way
to the ridge crest. The trail is marked w/some ribbons and WHITE
bottle caps. It is steep in places.
2-The second way up is not recommended it is very steep in
places and although cleared today it was a rough clearing in the
middle section. The trail now known as “The Bamboo Trail” begins
after the 4th “bridge” on the valley road. You should see the
bamboo on your left as you cross the 4th bridge.
3-This trail begins after a hike of about an hour on the valley
road. Distance to the point you leave the road is about 2.6 miles.
A good hiker should be able to average around 3 mph on the road.
The trail takes you past a stream gauging station. Up to this point
it is the same trail that takes you to the “low back” crest of the
Ko`olau Mts. Just after the station you cross the stream and before
the next crossing take a sharp left turn and begin climbing.