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coldhaleakala by =puffinpunk:iconpuffinpunk:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Landscapes

©2009 =puffinpunk
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A friend and I hiked the Haleakala crater for my birthday this year (back in late march). I'm finally going through the shots. The Haleakala Crater is 10,000 ft above sealevel on the island of Maui, Hawaii. We hiked 30 miles over about 3 days and it was a blast! Except that the 70lbs pack was really heavy! I'm only 150 lbs... yikes!

In any case, this is just a snapshot from after we set up our tents on the first day. It was raining all afternoon (and at that altitude it was about 40 degrees F), but the clouds parted for this shot. I was not prepared for the cold though! I stood around long enough to enjoy the sunset, and then we turned on the stove to warm up. :D

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*wolfool Jul 3, 2009, 5:49:35 AM
Beautiful shot, sounds like a real fun way to spend your birthday :D

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=puffinpunk Jul 3, 2009, 6:01:22 AM
Thanks, totally was! exploring is always a joy! :D

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*justeline Jul 3, 2009, 7:49:19 AM
Glad to see you back Nathan!
Excellent shot as always!
Hope you're well. :)

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*riknard Jul 3, 2009, 7:52:18 AM
Sounds very fun! Cold in the tropics... enroute to Mombasa from New York one time, I had to overnight in Nairobi... I was dressed for the hot latitudes, tropical shirt and shorts, but when I got up next morning, waiting for the taxi I was almost shivering - when I asked the temp, it was 65°F, and we were only a few degrees from the equator. I thought I would be smart and ask how high the altitude was, and the cab driver guessed at "about 2500"... which I didn't think would explain it. Then, "oh, meters, duh!"

People still look at me funny when I tell them that there is snow in Hawaii, too!

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~CaptinRedRibbon Jul 3, 2009, 9:00:30 AM
Thats a gorgeous photo ,it looks like it is very peace full and lovely.
When I first saw it I miss read your username and thought you were a friend of mine from school and I was like "you climbed mountians whith out telling me?"

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Everything is normal, the trees and small creatures, it is us who is odd.
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~Caoemgen Jul 3, 2009, 11:22:00 AM
Wow, that's just awesome. I love it.

PS Happy birthday :D
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~Starla-X Jul 3, 2009, 12:39:00 PM
So beautiful, i wish i could go there

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=puffinpunk Jul 3, 2009, 5:50:14 PM
I'm doing great! It's really nice to hear from familiar voices once again! Thanks :hug:

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"The fights you fight today are the fights you fight until you die..." --Ben Wekselbaum
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=puffinpunk Jul 3, 2009, 5:52:09 PM
haha, great story. Yeah, we go snowboarding in hawaii on some years! And I'll be taking a jacket with me everywhere from now on :lmao:

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"The fights you fight today are the fights you fight until you die..." --Ben Wekselbaum
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