Day 1 of a planned 4 day trip on Mauna Loa. Rangers didn't know if any water were available in the tanks up at Red Hill Cabin, so lugged up FOUR gallon jugs of water. Killed me. We rolled into the cabin late afternoon and were greeted with full water tanks. Super hydrated, passed out bundled up in my Nike sweatshirt and Hawaii logo winter hat (the only 2 cold weather items I could find in the Hilo Wal-Mart). The next morning eskimoto woke up with a horrendous cold (and, um, not the best attitude) so unfortunately we decided to call it and headed down. One day I hope to be back... the one that got away.