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Embark on a breathtaking trek across the world's largest volcano. Towering above the Pacific Ocean, Mauna Loa is not just a mountain-it's a living, breathing landscape of lava plains, ancient craters, and sweeping skies. In this immersive guide, Walking Mauna Loa: A Journey Across the Shield Volcano, the reader is invited to walk step by step through Hawai'i's volcanic heart, tracing the historic summit trail from lava-sculpted slopes to the icy windswept caldera. Told through vivid first-person narrative, this book is part memoir, part field manual. It combines cultural insight, ecological awareness, and hard-earned trail wisdom to offer both inspiration and information. Whether you are planning your own hike or experiencing Mauna Loa from afar, this guide brings the raw beauty and quiet majesty of the volcano to life. Complete with trail logistics, elevation maps, gear checklists, Leave No Trace principles, and safety strategies for high-altitude hiking, this is the definitive companion for those ready to meet Mauna Loa face-to-face.

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