Moon Maui by Kyle Ellison

Author:Kyle Ellison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avalon Travel
Published: 2014-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

M HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK

Hale-a-ka-la: House of the Sun. Few places are more aptly named in the Hawaiian language than this 10,023-foot volcano. Dormant since its last eruption in 1790 (the summit area has been inactive for 600 years), Haleakala has been the site of grandiose experiences since before the arrival of humans. Bubbling over 30,000 feet from the seafloor below, only one-third of the mountain’s mass exists above water, with the remaining 20,000 resting silently beneath the ocean. Along with neighboring Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa—two peaks on the Big Island which are visible from the summit—Haleakala ranks as one of the largest mountains on earth.

Stoic and spellbinding, its lofty summit was where the Polynesian demigod Maui captured the sun in mythology. Legend states that since the sun would race across the sky far too quickly to allow any crops to grow or any daily tasks to be accomplished, Maui snared the sun with his great net and only agreed to let him go if he promised to slow his path, thereby providing enough warmth for farmers to grow their crops and for life on the island to continue. Today, scores of visitors make the predawn sojourn to the summit to watch the sun illuminate the eastern horizon, squinting in excitement as it crests the clouds and bathes the crater in a brilliant orange light. There is something about Haleakala which is detached, revered, and almost heavenly.

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