{"id":28027,"date":"2020-08-23T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=28027"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:27:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T20:27:45","slug":"pu%ca%bbuwa%ca%bbawa%ca%bba-take-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=28027","title":{"rendered":"Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba Take 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week I returned to Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A rough road on the back side of Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The plan was to use a mountain bike this time. One nagging issue in hiking Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba is the long access road you need to hike just to get to the base of the pu\u02bbu. Two miles of straight, and mostly paved road to climb before the hike really gets interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is old pavement, but in good shape as there is little more than foot traffic. Last time hiking out I wished I had a bike so those two miles would be one smooth downhill roll back to the vehicle. Once above the pu\u02bbu I could use the bike to explore the network of ranch roads that lead back into the forest reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was the plan, reality did not work out quite as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I arrive as the first rays of sunlight hit the puffs of cloud overhead. A pretty morning, one that bodes well. I am looking forward to a day exploring the \u02bb\u014dhi\u02bba forest above Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A gnarled yet graceful in the ranch land at Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Those roads behind the pu’u turn out to be pretty rough, in many places the sort of fist sized cobble that are trouble on the bike. Rolling and sliding under the tires. I ended up having to walk more than I hoped across those areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other trouble was tires. First I find I have a slow leak in the front tire. Not a bad leak and I have a good pump along, but I was thinking of changing the tube. Then the rear tire goes flat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sit down in the shade of a pretty \u02bb\u014dhi\u02bba tree to change out the rear with the spare tube. Oh joy… The new tube has a Presta valve stem, not Schrader. I spend a few minutes wondering what the plan is now before I figure out that my pump can be reconfigured to fit a Presta valve by opening up the end and flipping a part over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new tube gets me about 1\/4 mile and goes flat. Yeah, it is going to be like that.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sitting on an \u02bb\u014dhi\u02bba log and changing the tube in the rear tire<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I pull the new tube out to find it has a manufacturing defect, split along the seam. Just the way this day is going. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pulling out the original tube I reactivate the backup plan I was considering when I found the Presta valve… I find the leak and apply one of the two patches I have in the kit. Fortunately a neat pinhole leak in the outside face. It is an old and somewhat doubtful patch, but it seems to bond and hold pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spend a few moments pumping on the front tire too, it still has that slow leak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another couple miles later the rear is flat again. I use the second patch. Yes, I have now had the tire off and apart three times. It holds pressure, sorta. I have to stop every mile and pump it up again, but it does get me back to the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point I have been on the trail much longer than planned, as I was putting the tire back on the bike the fog and mist arrive. I do not mind getting wet, rather cool and pleasant, a nice change from the hot Sun earlier. As I roll back down to the pu\u02bbu I enjoy the changed scenery. Old gnarled \u02bb\u014dhi\u02bba trees loom in the fog about the path.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The entrance to a lava tube named Shangri-La<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I did get to a few of the places I intended, and explored some of the road I had spied on the satellite photos. Old ranch cabins, collapsed redwood water tanks, and stone walls attest to a long history of cattle ranching in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I locate an entrance into a lava tube complex known as Shangri-La. No idea where the name comes from, the name Shangri-La appears on the Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba area resource management plan maps. No exploration into the tube, that is not allowed here. All I could do is photograph the fern covered entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end I enjoy speeding down the road back to the parking area, a couple miles of smooth pavement such a contrast to the rough lava roads above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I returned to Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba. The plan was to use a mountain bike this time. One nagging issue in hiking Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba is the long access road you need to hike just to get to the base of the pu\u02bbu. Two miles of straight, and mostly paved road to climb before the hike really gets … Continue reading “Pu\u02bbuwa\u02bbawa\u02bba Take 2”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[374,398],"tags":[2747,372,389,2748],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CK08-84-20233-DC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28027"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30534,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28027\/revisions\/30534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}