My best friend Cj has lived in Hawaii for a couple years (her husband is in the Army) and I jumped at the opportunity to visit her during the holidays. There was lots of hanging out and playing games, but one day the five of us went to check out Waimea Beach. Sean and I found some bouldering immediately, and while I rarely boulder - it's so scary to me - these were nice, and had a variety of grades to try. You could top out and easily hike down around the back to return to the beach. Or fall back into the sand.
I should have taken pictures of the whole boulder - next time. There were several routes that I was comfortable climbing, (meaning very easy, because I hate falling without a rope) as well as more difficult ones that Sean and some other guys were having trouble with. Some routes had bolts on top if one wanted to set up a top rope, but the total height was under 25'.
As part of Waimea Park, there's a
hike paved walk to Waimea Falls. It's really gorgeous there, even in winter, and ends at the falls, which guests are allowed to swim in if they're
insane comfortable with freezing water. I touched my feet in briefly and took photos.
The rock surrounding the falls looks climbable, but alas, I don't want to climb anything badly enough to swim through ice water to do it. Park employees were all over and I'm not certain whether climbing is even allowed.
Standing on a bridge, 15 minute walk before the falls.
At the safe (dry) edge of the falls.
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