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1. Whether you’re walking through a stream or wading in one of Mabel’s pools, make sure you don’t have any open cuts to avoid this disease.

2. Developed by kiwis, what is the name for the black and orange traps you might see while hiking through an area like Kahanahāiki? 

3. It may seem like 100 muddy miles when you’re on it, but how long is the actual KST?

4. Found in places like Lāʻie and Makua, which plant (Hawaiian or genus name) is a native target of the destructive coconut rhinoceros beetle?

5. Wailupe Valley boasts lobelia monostachya, ʻelepaio, and being bookended by two popular hiking trails.  What are the two trails?

6. This mountain is said to have formed during a battle between a warrior and a giant in which the latter was cut in half.  Geologists call it a residual ridge.

7. Write your answer below to fill in the blank with the same number:  “If the State of Hawaiʻi can document the existence of a trail prior to the year ______, then the State of Hawaiʻi may claim the trail as a public trail. This applies even if the trail does not currently exist on the ground physically. This is called: the Highways Act of ______. Queen Liliʻuokalani approved the law in ______.

8. Write your answer below to fill in the blank with the name of the HTMC hike:  “ ___________ is the finest hike on the Waiʻanae Range and one of the best on Oʻahu. It takes you to the summit of Mount Kaʻala, Oʻahu’s highest peak (elev. 4,025 ft). The trail features a 4000’ elevation gain and passes through cane fields, cattle pasture, dry-land forest, and rain forest. On the summit plateau is a cool, misty bog with an incredibly rich variety of native plants. The views from the overlook on top are breath-taking of the entire North Shore, the towns of Waialua and Hale’iwa as well as the Wahiawā Plain and Ko’olau Range in the distance to the right.”

9. Alexander Hume Ford founded the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club in 1910. 

What other club did he found on Oʻahu?

10. Which trail is named after past HTMC President, trail builder, and longtime club member Richard “Dick” Davis?

11. Name at least two club hikes that begin on trails other than what they’re named.

12. Can you dig it?  On a clear day, there is an Oʻahu hike from which you can spot at least nine islands and/or islets, including Oʻahu.  Which hike is it?

13. What is the name of the waterfall at Lyon Arboretum?

14. Name this hike: “This hike meanders through a dry forest and ascends up a short, sweet, and steep ridge line reaching the third highest peak on our island.  Reaching the summit, the views are a spectacular 360 degrees. Our route passes through sensitive ecosystems of native plants easily damaged by large groups of people, hence our restriction to 15 participants.”

15. During which decade did the Civil Conservation Corps. build trails in Hawaiʻi?

16. “The pig wire” is above what well-known waterfall? (Two names are possible as answers; the Hawaiian name and the non-Hawaiian name)

17. The area where the waterfall from the previous question (16) is located is home to an important figure in Hawaiian moʻolelo.  He was a kupua (demigod) who performed countless feats of daring, often in his porcine form.  What is his name?

18. What is the name of the “Lost Valley” described as follows:  “One of the most isolated, inaccessible, and unfrequented of any small valley in the Hawaiian group.”  “It is a high wooded valley set into the ridge between Ka'a'awa and Kahana Valleys.”

19. Off the Mānoa Cliffs Trail there is a fenced area called: The Mānoa Cliffs Native Forest Restoration Area.  How many acres does the fence enclose?

20. Strawberry guava can offer hikers nice handholds, sturdy walking sticks, and delicious snacks.  However, it is also invasive in Hawaiʻi.  Which scale insect (Binomial name) has proven helpful as a biological control agent for guava?