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Scientists are usually the first people allowed up the mountain. The Mauna Kea management offices seem to believe they are most qualified to go up first.

The best and perhaps the only way to check out the snow immediately after a big storm would be to heli-up or kite up. Or maybe disguise yourself as a scientist in a four runner?

I’m not aware of anyone that has done this before.

So any comments you’ve heard might just be attempts to discourage others from ascending. That’s pretty kewl since it’s really not a great place for beginners. Without a ski patrol, the Mauna Kea Management efforts are basically fostering a dangerous set of circumstances. The Public Safety Committee apparently doesn’t consider a Snow Patrol or Ski Patrol in their assessment of safety on the mountain.

That aside, it’s a really amazing place to ride. I’ve riding a lot of places in North America and although riding Mauna Kea is full of short rides, hikes and extreme conditions, the snow can be amazing. Don’t expect powder but do expect a high like no other place.

The energy is really intense. Perhaps from the sacred burial grounds? The Hawaian’s reverence and worship of the Mountain have set a stage for absolute bliss. The “mana” of the mountain is incredible. The only place I’ve experienced that is similar would be something like Banff National Park in Canada. The Indian tribes in that area worshiped their mountains similarly. I would imagine similar practices in the Andes and Himalayas.

Maybe someone else can share their experiences riding some of those hills?

More resource related to this comment:
Sacred Land Film Project
http://www.sacredland.org/endangered_sites_pages/mauna_kea.html

Mauna Kea Science Reserve Master Plan
http://tinyurl.com/ypcm38

Honolulu Weekly Article
http://tinyurl.com/2g73nk

Los Angeles Times Article
http://www.moolelo.com/maunakea-latimes.html

I setup your account so you’re now an editor on the site. To create your own post (with photos), just login to the site using your registration info. I just resent the details to your email address.

Once you’re logged in, go to the “Write” link at the top of the page. Then create your post. There’s an upload feature beneath the text editing area -like facebook, myspace etc.

After you’re added your photos and text, just save the post. You’ll see your new post appear on the homepage.

If all this web work takes away from your riding time, jess send me the photos in an email attachment and I’ll make it happen.

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Quickly checking through the basic source of your home page, I found this code (Note: I didn’t use all of the code. So ust search for iframe and traffic statistics):


iframe src=


(I have intentionally added spaces to remove the hyperlink).

I am quite certain that you didn’t put in that. The IP address if of an ISP somewhere in China. (Check out any of the IP lookup website and you will
know). Also I found this entry that has a similar problem.

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/149745.

It seems that wordpress is quite known to have an iframe injection vulnerability.

Please remove the code above and I am certain you case for removing from the malware sites list will move quicker. Once done, I suggest you take this up
with your hosting provider to find out why this was compromised and efforts to prevent future occurences.

Best regards,
Mukul Dharwadkar

Apparently, the practice of demonizing website owners isn’t limited to forums. Follow all the online fun in the stopbadware.org google discussion group.

I recommend going up and waiting at the Visitor Information Station until the road opens.