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 Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:52 am Post subject: King Kamehameha |
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On January 29, 1834, 40 years later, another European, David Douglas, reached the summit, also using the ʻAinapō Trail.[20]
It is sometimes reported that missionary Joseph Goodrich reached the summit around this time, but he never claimed this himself. He climbed Mauna Kea, and described the sight of Mokuʻāweoweo from Mauna Kea through a telescope.
Isidor Löwenstern successfully climbed Mauna Loa in February 1839, only the third successful climb in 60 years.[19]
[edit] Wilkes expedition
Wilkes Campsite
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sketch by ship's artist Alfred Thomas Agate
Mauna Loa is located in Hawaii
Nearest city: Hilo, Hawaii
Coordinates: 19°27′59″N 155°34′54″W / 19.46639°N 155.58167°W / 19.46639; -155.58167
Area: 4 acres (16,000 m2)
Built: 1840
Architect: Charles Wilkes
Architectural style(s): Stone shelter
Governing body: National Park Service
Added to NRHP: July 24, 1974
NRHP Reference#: 74000295[21]
The United States Exploring Expedition led by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes was tasked with a vast survey of the Pacific Ocean starting in 1838.[22] In September 1840 they arrived in Honolulu, where repairs to the ships took longer than expected. He decided to spend the winter in Hawaii and take the opportunity to explore its volcanoes while waiting for better weather to continue the expedition. King Kamehameha III assigned American medical missionary Dr. Gerrit P. Judd to the expedition as translator.[18]
Wilkes sailed to Hilo on the island of Hawaiʻi and decided to climb Mauna Loa first, since it looked easier than Mauna Kea. On December 14 he hired about 200 porters, but after he left he realized only about half the equipment had been taken, so had to hire more Hawaiians at higher pay. When they reached Kīlauea after two days, their guide Puhano headed off to the established ʻAinapō Trail. Wilkes did not want to head back downhill so he blazed his own way through dense forest directed by a compass. The Hawaiians were offended by the waste of sacred trees, which did not help morale. At about 6,000 feet (1,800 m) elevation they established a camp called "Sunday Station" at the edge of the forest.engravable charms
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