Loli Ascent Route.
The initial plan was to follow the Kukui trees. But for once, our Garmin 60CSX's let us down and got a crappy lock on (multipath error). The Olokele Gorge is narrow and claustrophobic along this stretch and you can't get a good view of the slopes above. So we ended up to the left of our intended route.
The rock bands were at the verge of fifth class and could probably be climbed by many. But I'm an old fart who can trip walking across a parking lot. We went right at both rock bands.
Later research: The bad GPS performance was caused by reflection of the signal off the side of the canyon. First time I've encountered this problem. Also called multipath error.
Loli Ascent Route.
The initial plan was to follow the Kukui trees. But for once, our Garmin 60CSX's let us down and got a crappy lock on (multipath error). The Olokele Gorge is narrow and claustrophobic along this stretch and you can't get a good view of the slopes above. So we ended up to the left of our intended route.
The rock bands were at the verge of fifth class and could probably be climbed by many. But I'm an old fart who can trip walking across a parking lot. We went right at both rock bands.
Later research: The bad GPS performance was caused by reflection of the signal off the side of the canyon. First time I've encountered this problem. Also called multipath error.