Entry 3 - Taggelisk

[Zoa]

As one moves further south from the heart of Silva forest along the Alasre mountains, the great trees no longer grow as high, and the soil underfoot becomes either cracked dirt or mushy loam depending on how the rains have been that year and what time of the season it is.

Skirting the Taggelisk

(Excert from Zoa's journal on her travels around the world - R-click & view in another tab for full image)
I know I should have heeded the guide's warning, but I must get to Ageti soon. Aye, taking the road along the Alasre mountains can be good, that is until the clouds descend and the monsoon begins! I must hurry or I will be caught in the quagmire that is Taggelisk!

Spoiler

This is a shot up the northern-most cliffs of the Waianae Mountain Range at the foot of Mount Ka'ala on the west side - basically located in the Kaena State Park and Wildlife Refuge. When the clouds come down, it is fast, cold, and windy - announcing the coming rain which creates a mire out of the small valleys between the ridges. It makes for horrible hiking conditions! Very much the description of the Taggelisk!

Edits: Cropped out telephone pole & fellow hikers, tweaked saturation. Resized from original for internet use.