Hiking group touts adventures that are safe and stress-free

By Nancy Arcayna

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 19, 2013

~~<p>I'm a princess — I'm the first to admit it. Sure, I can endure sweaty mixed martial arts classes and grueling interval training sessions, but when placed in the great outdoors, I'm a helpless babe in the woods.</p>
<p>At the start of a five-mile, 3 1&frasl;2 hour hike on the lower Waimano Trail with Barefoot Hikers Hawaii, my hair was immediately attacked by some thorny vines. Fortunately, fellow hiker Doug Inglis rescued me.</p>
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I'm a princess — I'm the first to admit it. Sure, I can endure sweaty mixed martial arts classes and grueling interval training sessions, but when placed in the great outdoors, I'm a helpless babe in the woods.

At the start of a five-mile, 3 1⁄2 hour hike on the lower Waimano Trail with Barefoot Hikers Hawaii, my hair was immediately attacked by some thorny vines. Fortunately, fellow hiker Doug Inglis rescued me. Login for more...