Author Archives: Greg

“The Conversation” on Hawaii Public Radio

The caller ID popped up as “Hawaii Public Radio.”  I thought, “They’re calling to ask for money?  But their fund drive just passed!”   I’m an avid listener of NPR and Hawaii Public Radio, so I answered ready to finally … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Weather Channel came to Hawaii… and all I got was this lousy T-shirt!

It’s happened a couple times. I answer the phone to “Hello, this is _______ from _______ TV show. Ever seen our show?” “No, I don’t watch much TV.” “Well, that’s ok. We’ll be in Hawaii filming a TV show and … Continue reading

Posted in March 2011 | Leave a comment

Our Photographer Friend

We’ve had a professional photographer friend visiting us this week.  Based in Utah, Kevin Winzeler specializes in outdoor sports photography.  Hawaii is one of his favorite photo destinations, and he has an open bedroom at our basecamp!  His pictures have … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Tsunami Story

March 11, 2011 What an intense 24 hours it’s been for Japan, Hawaii, and everyone else bordering the Pacific Ocean!  Our hearts and prayers go out to Japan.  These are our thoughts on the tsunami. Here on the Big Island, … Continue reading

Posted in March 2011 | Leave a comment

Farmer’s Market Day!

Today is Hilo Farmer’s Market Day!  In ancient days, during times of famine, the island population would head to Waipi’o Valley as a sure bet for good food.  Today the island population heads to Hilo Bay for the best fruits … Continue reading

Posted in February 2011 | Leave a comment

We made the paper!

West Hawaii Today article Here’s an article from a trip we did to Waipi’o Valley.  We worked with a 7th grade class from Hualalai Academy, a great school and great students.  We look forward to their trip every year.

Posted in February 2011 | Leave a comment

The site gets a C!!!

After three months of being offline and major headaches with a web developer… welcome to the new hawaiiwilderness.org!  I gave myself a crash course in website design by sitting in front of the computer 12 hours a day for the … Continue reading

Posted in January 2011 | Leave a comment

Technology is cool.

We can now blog from an IPhone and have it directly uploaded immediately with pictures and video to our website, from wherever we are. I can definitely appreciate going several days without any electronics at all, but technology is cool.

Posted in January 2011 | Leave a comment