About Kalalau Trail and Crawler's Ledge
The Redwoods
Crawler’s Ledge is one of the most feared parts of the Kalalau Trail. I imagine it has kept many would-be hikers away over the years. I have a slight fear of heights myself but honestly have never found Crawler’s Ledge hard to cross. I think the reasons that it isn’t hard to cross are:
- The skinniest part is a very short distance. If I had to hike a couple hundred yards along a super skinny trail it might scare me a little more.
- The ground is very stable. For the most part, you are stepping on rock.
For those of you who are still worried about attempting mile 7 of the Kalalau Trail, I’ve collected some images from around the world that will help to demonstrate that Crawler’s Ledge isn’t the scariest place in the world. Click below for the first location:
Hanging out on Trolltunga Rock in Norway
Scooting across El Capitan in Yosemite
Skywalking Mt. Nimbus in British Columbia
Rock Hopping on Mt. Wellington, Tasmania
Kayaking Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe
Ice Climbing a Frozen Waterfall (Northern Fjords) in Iceland
Chang Kong Cliff Hiking Trail in China
Skywalking in the Alps
Wow Prow
The Kalalau Trail is an 11 mile trail that leads from Ke’e Beach to Kalalau Beach along the Na Pali Coast on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The Na Pali Coast is a very special place. The pali, or cliffs, provide a rugged grandeur of deep, narrow valleys ending abruptly at the sea. Waterfalls and swift flowing streams continue to cut these narrow valleys while the sea carves cliffs at their mouths. Extensive stone walled terraces can still be found on the valley bottoms where Hawaiians once lived and cultivated taro.
The Kalalau Trail provides the only land access to this part of the rugged coast. The trail traverses 5 valleys before ending at Kalalau Beach where it is blocked by sheer, fluted pali. The 11-mile trail is graded but almost never level as it crosses above towering sea cliffs and through lush valleys. The trail drops to sea level at the beaches of Hanakapi’ai and Kalalau.
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