"I was eyeing out this route for a while. Reading some older write ups, I knew that people tried to do this, but most likely no one got to finish the ridge all the way to Lanihuli. We cleared the initial section uphill couple weeks ago to have a better start whenever we try to do the whole thing. That made the approach of the ridge so much better. The whole ridge is kind of miserable...lot of overgrowth, and mostly bushwhacking. There are couple drops where we had to use webbing for a safety descend, but other than that just fighting the ferns most of the time. Closer we got to Lanihuli the overgrowth got worst. We managed to get to the top just before started raining. Our way out was Mo'ole valley." — nandorszotak • May 25, 2020

"This is not the typical route up Mt Olympus. This was done only by a handful of people, and is not recommended route. The route starts at the a certain point of Maunawili Demo trail, and climbs straight up to Mt Olympus. The bottom part of the ridge is overgrown with uluhe fern, so that is your first obstacle. After you bushwhack for like 0.4 miles (which doesn't sound much, but it's a lot), you get to the bottom of this hill in the middle of the ridge. The climb up is treacherous. You hit a wall and you have to contour on the right, and find a way up climbing from tree to tree in almost 90 degrees. When you top out the terrain flattens a bit, but gets more overgrown. From here just a short section and you start climbing straight up holding uki grass, clidemia plants whatever you can to ascend. At one point you get to a "lip" like a carving on the mountain side. You keep left on that making your way to the final climb. That is where it gets tricky. I know some other groups needed help from the top to climb up, but we managed to pull ourselves up to the KST (Koolau Summit Trail) without any help. Made it to the actual Mt Olympus top just under 4h, which was very pleasing." — nandorszotak • May 2, 2020

"This peak is one of the hardest on the island just because of the terrain and the partially non existent trail. Started out on a trail leading to a water tank, and continued on an old 4wd road leading to some power lines. The trail is nicely followable for 2 miles and then it turns into a pig trail, and then after 2.5 miles it just turns into a fern blanket. Using my machete I was trying to clear a path to pass, and to make the return much easier. After a long bushwhacking I got to the peak which is nothing very interesting, just like any other hill you have to ascend to get there. Took me 4h 45mi just to get to the peak, and that is a lot of time for small 1800 ft high peak. The way back was much easier and faster." — nandorszotak • Apr 11, 2020

"Looking for a small little peak in the jungle. Started at the Maunawili Demo trail, and followed the irrigation ditch until the bottom of the small peak. Getting to the top we followed a faint trail and after some short bushwhacking we got to the top. Nothing spectacular, but a good exploration. " — nandorszotak • Apr 7, 2020

"2nd time around, but this time using the North Wets ridge to climb up. It is no trail on this ridge, so you just make your way up through bush and rocks. The way down we took the old trail to the housing. Shooting Hawaii 100 Highest Peaks Episode 05. Check the link below!" — nandorszotak • Apr 3, 2020