Rat chutes

On Prince Kuhio day, Cory, Katie, and Jay were off.  We all decided the night before to be outside exploring as usual.  Unexpectedly again, rain clouds rolled in and dumped some heavy rain over the Ko'olau mountain range.  It foiled our plans to check out some of the northern gulches to practice rock hopping in our new tabis. 

Instead we checked out some waterfall chutes that were running.  The valley has a rich history of being the valley of the rat.  Some mo'olelo has instances where these rats would trick people into falling into the pools and drowning.  Unfortunately we didn't see any rats so none of us drowned. 

We visited at least three chutes out of over fifteen that day and they were all flowing.  By the end of the day all were down to just a trickle if not dry.  These chutes drain really quickly so the opportunity to see them are slim.  We were lucky to see them on such a good rainy day.

 

Preparing to climb up a small waterfall to get to the main chute.

The first tiered waterfall we visited. 

On our way up to the best looking waterfall the stream flowed through some rocks. 

This waterfall drops multiple times.  We spent a lot of time here taking pictures. 

 
Rat Chutes from Ryan Chang on Vimeo.