7 thoughts on “A Final Ascent: Bigger Hawaii Issues Afoot in Controversial Haiku Stairs Ending”
Jay H
The “Friends of Haiku” group which fought and lost the removal of the stairs has a large component of the “Guides” who illegally bring hikers to the top and make a very fine living doing so (I’m sure they report it for taxes – yeah right). They do it by trespassing in people’s yards, parking on private property, destroying fences climbing over them, scaring residents in the area at 4 am with groups of strangers moving through their neighborhood and often cutting through back yards. I have no sympathy for them whatsoever. How do I know this to be true? Ask my elderly ohana member who lives there and has to put up with it.
Jay
Thank you very much for being honest in explaining that locals disrespect the land and rules. I’m tired of everyone blaming just the tourists. Sorry your family member has to deal with this problem but it just leads to the same reason Money. Pure Profit.
Here’s a thought: cut up the stairs and sell the pieces on ebay. Many who have hiked them may like a piece of history. Put the money towards the Rail! lol
Aloha🌴..I’ve never hiked the trail..would love too, you wanna’ know what..people leaving their garbage behind, “Mahalos for respecting us”(I say sarcastically)!!..they don’t get it and never will till it hits them in their face-and even then🤦🤦lol so stay home please ok unless you say Mahalo too locals when you’re Trippin’ around smile all time courteously..come visit us ya🙏🌴🤙🐾🌺🌊
❤️✨ Mahalo, Keoni
Great (and worthy) take. But let’s not put All the blame on tourists. Locals broke the rules as well as mainland thrill-seekers and Tik-Tokkers. Social media killed the Stairway to Heaven. If any “attraction” begged for a reservation system, it might have been this one. Of course, then you would have to monetize it to pay for access and security and maintenance and insurance, the last of which would probably be cost prohibitive in itself. It’s a shame to close a “bucket-list” kind of adventure. Social Media. It’s why we can’t have good things.
Build a chairlift like ski resorts to the top. Descend with a zipline to the bottom over looking the stairs. Nobody then needs to climb and the historical landmark remains untouched. Problem solved. Make it a fun attraction.
Closing it down is ridiculous. Will we do the same with other Hawaii historic landmarks? No! Put the money into managed care. Adopt FOHS plan. Do what we did for Hanauma Bay. Give Hawaii residents good-paying jobs to be part of the managing team. Same with all of Hawaii’s natural resources.
The “Friends of Haiku” group which fought and lost the removal of the stairs has a large component of the “Guides” who illegally bring hikers to the top and make a very fine living doing so (I’m sure they report it for taxes – yeah right). They do it by trespassing in people’s yards, parking on private property, destroying fences climbing over them, scaring residents in the area at 4 am with groups of strangers moving through their neighborhood and often cutting through back yards. I have no sympathy for them whatsoever. How do I know this to be true? Ask my elderly ohana member who lives there and has to put up with it.
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Jay
Thank you very much for being honest in explaining that locals disrespect the land and rules. I’m tired of everyone blaming just the tourists. Sorry your family member has to deal with this problem but it just leads to the same reason Money. Pure Profit.
Here’s a thought: cut up the stairs and sell the pieces on ebay. Many who have hiked them may like a piece of history. Put the money towards the Rail! lol
Aloha🌴..I’ve never hiked the trail..would love too, you wanna’ know what..people leaving their garbage behind, “Mahalos for respecting us”(I say sarcastically)!!..they don’t get it and never will till it hits them in their face-and even then🤦🤦lol so stay home please ok unless you say Mahalo too locals when you’re Trippin’ around smile all time courteously..come visit us ya🙏🌴🤙🐾🌺🌊
❤️✨ Mahalo, Keoni
Great (and worthy) take. But let’s not put All the blame on tourists. Locals broke the rules as well as mainland thrill-seekers and Tik-Tokkers. Social media killed the Stairway to Heaven. If any “attraction” begged for a reservation system, it might have been this one. Of course, then you would have to monetize it to pay for access and security and maintenance and insurance, the last of which would probably be cost prohibitive in itself. It’s a shame to close a “bucket-list” kind of adventure. Social Media. It’s why we can’t have good things.
Build a chairlift like ski resorts to the top. Descend with a zipline to the bottom over looking the stairs. Nobody then needs to climb and the historical landmark remains untouched. Problem solved. Make it a fun attraction.
Closing it down is ridiculous. Will we do the same with other Hawaii historic landmarks? No! Put the money into managed care. Adopt FOHS plan. Do what we did for Hanauma Bay. Give Hawaii residents good-paying jobs to be part of the managing team. Same with all of Hawaii’s natural resources.