Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

KM: It’s so amazing because you look at your folks, Kaukahökü, your mauka paddocks and
when you would cut across to Kaumalumalu and stuff like that.
RG: Yes.
KM: When the clouds settled on the mountain, you knew it was going to rain, before
RG: Yes.
KM: I understand now, and you look the mountain, it can be totally covered over, and not a
drop.
RG: Same thing here at Ke‘ämoku and Waiki‘i as I told you before, come November you get
one rain, you can start. But they haven’t had that out there, that whole section has been
dry now for several years.
KM: Yes, and again you look at Po‘opo‘o Stream like you said, running into Pu‘u Hïne‘i like
that. I can’t imagine the last time that stream probably ran.
RG: And even this stream that goes down by the bridge, down by the light.
KM: Yes.
RG: Before, every year, two, three, four or five times, water would go down through there.
That thing hardly ever runs now.
Trip to summit of Mauna Kea in ca. 1937-1938:
KM: Wow, that’s amazing! While we’re up here, did you folks…in fact and I’m going to be bold
again in a few moments. You did go up to the top of Mauna Kea as a youth, or a young
man I should say, working the ranch like that and stuff, holoholo. You shared with me,
you showed me a couple of pictures of you and a couple of gentleman that went up with
you, I poina right now who the guys were.
RG: Would you get that picture
KM: Mahalo. You did go holoholo up Mauna Kea
RG: Yes.
KM: How did you go up Did you go up the old trail
RG: From Kalai‘eha.
KM: Kalai‘eha, so the trail up
RG: Right up.
KM: Ride horse, mauka
RG: Ride horse.
KM: Could you think a little bit about, recount a little bit about that visit. What prompted it and
if there was anything that stood out of interest to you Sites on the ground
RG: I know exactly what prompted it [chuckling].
KM: Okay.
RG: Wait till my wife comes back with the picture.
KM: Okay, she’s back now.
RG: [looking at photos] That’s Kahuä, Von Holt. This is the one that we want and this is the
other one and this is Humu‘ula here.
KM: Who gave you these photos
PG: Sonny Kaniho.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:34