Aia ma ke Alanui Moana Nui ma Victoria, ʻo Beacon kahi ʻāpana o kahakai ʻumikūmākolu. E ʻōlelo paha kekahi poʻe THE ʻāpana o ke kahakai. He wahi one maikaʻi loa ka Beacon, (ʻaʻole e hoʻopunipuni ʻia ʻoe e ka ʻāʻī o loko). Pono nā papa-a ma ʻaneʻi i kāu pāʻani, a hiki ke haki a hiki i 50 mau mika, e lawelawe ana i nā ʻāpana barreling ikaika a pōkole. ʻO ka inoa o ka pāʻani ma aneʻi he hāʻule wikiwiki i loko o ka lua hohonu i ka manaʻolana e kuha ʻia ma ka poʻohiwi.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no kahakai ʻumikūmākolu - Beacon?
Loaʻa maikaʻi ma waena o ka umauma-kiʻekiʻe a i ʻelua ma luna. Manaʻo mākou e holo i kāu papa pōkole maʻamau a i ʻole ka piʻi ʻana i ka wā nui ma aneʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka Beacon no ka poʻe heʻenalu ma waena o nā mea heʻenalu kiʻekiʻe. Kūlike ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (7/10) a ʻānai ʻoe i nā kuʻekuʻe i ka wā e maikaʻi ai ma ʻaneʻi (9/10). ʻO nā makani maikaʻi loa no Beacon ʻo ka Hikina ʻĀkau. ʻO ka ʻōhua maikaʻi loa mai ke komohana hema. Hoʻomaka ʻo Beacon e kī i ke kai haʻahaʻa. ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi loa no kahi heʻenalu hou ma Beacon, ʻaʻole ia e alualu i nā piko, maʻamau lākou e hele wale mai, a hiki mai kekahi iā ʻoe. "He ʻōmaʻomaʻo mau ka mauʻu," e mālama i kou mau lima no ka hopu ʻana i ka nalu.
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