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Haleakala, it means house of the sun, but to each person who visits this ancient volcanic
crater at sunrise, the meaning is different. A spiritual renewal, a physical challenge.
A travel dream realized. But let's rewind a bit to the start of this day, the time is
3:20am. This is Haleakala bike company, home base for what is about to be an epic adventure.
A 10,000 ft. climb to the summit of Haleakala, followed by a 23-mile downhill bike. Once
we depart here it's about an hour and 15 hour and 20 minutes to get up to the top and your
destination today is considered to be one of the most unique and rarest ecosystems on
this entire planet. You're gonna see things that exist nowhere else on earth, only here
in the islands. It's not 5:30am and we just made it to the top of Haleakala. The sun is
just starting to creep over the horizon and there are about 100 people here all waiting
to see the sunrise.
It's now about 7:30am we're at the staging area where i'm gonna get fitted for my bike
and start out on the 23.2 mile course. After a picture perfect sunrise and an exhilarating
23 miles, made it back to Haleakala Bike Company. You've gotta try this!