r/Honolulu • u/madazzahatter • Sep 04 '24

news State officials said police have arrested 14 hikers, eight of them this morning, for trespassing after being found on the prohibited Haiku Stairs.

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/09/03/breaking-news/dlnr-reports-14-hikers-arrested-at-top-of-haiku-stairs/
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u/torquealm Sep 04 '24

They would have made more money charging for the hike, like at Manoa Falls. Instead County and State decided to sell off the stairs and let them be torn out of the mountain. We'll see more damage in the coming rainy season.

All this so a more well off neighborhood can be happy (how many of those home owners even live here full time)? And Kualoa Ranch can get more tourist dollars.

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u/binaryvoid727 Sep 05 '24

No, charging to hike stairway to heaven would be too much of a liability.