SUMMITING OAHU ISLAND . . .
Mt. Ka'ala, Oahu's highest peak, often has its head in the clouds.
Ironically, the island's tallest promontory is not a part of Oahu's better-known Koʻolau mountain, one of two volcanic “spines” which section the island into windward (rainy) and leeward (dry) portions, but is the most prominent feature of leeward Oahu's Waianae Mountains.
Ka'ala, its table-top silhouette reaching upward to scrape the moisture from any clouds that survive the climb over the Ko'olaus, is Makaha Valley's water maker. Without its heavenward juxtaposition, Makaha would be even drier than it already is.
Presented here is a climb to the top of Oahu, to have a look around: