I was fortunate to have two work-free days at my disposal during my stay in Pohnpei, and I was not going to miss an opportunity for adventure in this wild paradise. After extensive research I decided the Kitti 6 Waterfalls Hike would be my best option – it was billed as a full day hike and there were six waterfalls to see! Who wouldn’t want to do this hike?
What wasn’t so obvious is just how absolutely grueling this hike is. That is to say, the majority of the 6 hour hike is spent climbing vertically up smooth, wet rocks/moss covered boulders/sheer walls of mangled tree roots, trudging through calf-deep, thick red muck, scrambling over wet basalt columns, wading across algae covered river rocks, steep vertical descents over smooth, wet rocks/moss covered boulders/mangled tree roots and muck, and at times swimming upstream in a river that runs between bat caves carved into ominous black basalt. Easy right?
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