It was Fall 2002 when my friend, Christian, a Swedish national I’d met in Hawaii, suggested we climb the “Stairway to Heaven”. The official name for this 3,922 step climb up Puu Keahiakahoe (altitude 2,800 feet) is “Haiku Stairs”. I had heard about this amazing staircase up the side of the Ko’olau mountains on the northeast [...]





