June 6, 2002 — He is a predator of the sea, lurking deep beneath the surface, hiding inside cracks in the coral reef, waiting for dinner to swim by. But Wendell Ko does not have gills. He cannot breath underwater. Although, at times it seems like he can. Ko is …
Read moreJune 19, 2001 — “This is weird, dude.” Between labored breaths, that’s all my friend could say. That’s all that needed to be said. We were into mile seven of our 20-mile trek through the volcanic summit area of Haleakala National Park — an unearthly 30,183-acre plot of land located …
Read moreJune 12, 2001 — The phone rang and rang. But it remained unanswered. The person trying to telephone the Magic charter fishing boat would have to wait. A fish was on the line. I was admiring the porpoises when it happened. There were dozens of them, and they splashed in …
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