Keoni Kaloi

06/12/2026

06/12/2026

Wildland Firefighter Gear List
98% Packed
If I left something else out let me know
This will be my first season

Sleep & Shelter

✅ MC TOMOUNT backpacking tent
✅ Heavy-duty tent stakes
✅ Tent footprint
✅ Sleeping bag
✅ Sleeping pad
✅ Hikenture pillow

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Bags & Organization

✅ Lightning X FB40 Firefighter Turnout Gear Bag

* 30” x 14” x 16”
* Shoulder strap
* Side pockets

✅ Packing cubes (4-pack)
✅ Laundry bag

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Clothing

✅ JK Inlander boots
✅ Smartwool socks
✅ Shirts
✅ Underwear
✅ Shorts
✅ Sweatpants
✅ Rain jacket
✅ Insulated jacket
✅ Beanie
✅ Camp shoes

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Hygiene

✅ Dude Wipes
✅ Toothbrush
✅ Toothpaste
✅ Deodorant
✅ Foot powder
✅ Tecnu poison ivy/oak wash

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Electronics

✅ Power bank
✅ Charging cords
✅ Extra charging cords
✅ Wall charger
✅ 2 headlamps
✅ Mini lantern

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Medical & Foot Care

✅ 115-piece first aid kit

Includes:

* Ibuprofen
* Acetaminophen
* Antihistamines
* Antacid
* Diarrhea medication
* Alcohol wipes
* Assorted bandages

✅ Separate blister kit
✅ Moleskin tape
✅ Gaff tape

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Hydration

✅ 46 oz YETI bottle
✅ Hydration tube conversion kit

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Cooking

✅ Backpacking stove
✅ Fuel canister
✅ Cup/pot

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Entertainment

✅ Bible
✅ Ukulele
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Still To Buy

Food & Hydration

⬜ Electrolyte packets
⬜ Travel snacks

Personal

⬜ Family photo

06/10/2026

The story of POLEHOONALANI

[ From Kumu Hula Kuana Torres Kahele ] My hanai Mom, Ane Kanahele is the eldest living lei maker from Niihau. She is legendary for her lei making style and for her dedication to her craft.
Most days she works ten hours at her lei table sorting, sizing and preparing shells for Lei Pupu O Niihau. No shells are wasted-everything is eventually used in a gorgeous lei creation. The shells, found only on Niihau, come ashore in seasons. Rough seas dislodge the precious gems, while calm oceans rarely produce much treasure along the island’s beaches. In these off-seasons, lei makers occasionally run out of the desired Momi and Kahelelani shells and often take a break to wait for better shells.
Mama Ane doesn’t take breaks. It was in one of these same off-seasons she started to collect and make lei from the rich chocolate colored Niihau Poleho shell. The Poleho are very delicate and found only at one distant place on Nihau. They gather at the edge of rocky shores amid sticks and leaves—the only Nihau shell requiring a fresh water source. She was delighted at her first Poleho lei. The dark contrast of white Momi and almost black Poleho made for striking patterns. In the beginning, collectors and other lei makers weren’t as enthusiastic about her new brown shells. Some refused to buy them in favor of traditional Kahelelani or all Momi Lei. This never stopped her. She made more and more lei. She made them bigger, longer and more dazzling than ever before. She wore them proudly to church and to family parties. Over the years, the style has not only become accepted but one of the most collected type of lei today. Mama Ane’s Poleho Lei sell for tens of thousands of dollars now and are proudly featured in several museum collections. I am one of her biggest Poleho fans with several gorgeous lei of hers.
Her determination and dedication to this uniquely Hawaiian art is so inspiring to me. She asked me to write a song to celebrate the beautiful Poleho shell so that hula dancers can share the story with the rest of the world and for generations to come.
POLEHOONALANI is my tribute to her and her beloved brown shells. ( Love you Ma.)

06/03/2026

This mele “Wakinekona” was written by Moon Kaukahi of the Makaha Sons of Niihau. This talks about their first travel to the Pacific NW to do their first concert in Tacoma, Wa.. at the Temple Theater. As their flight were descending into Seattle, they talk about the view seeing the majestic beauty of Mauna Lainia ( Mt. Rainier), the warm Aloha welcoming they received from the Kanaka Maoli living in the mainland, and of course, “E Anu E” it’s cold. At that time, there were Braddah IZ, Jerome, Moon, and John.
Ben Baker personally asked braddah Moon with his permission, is now the club song of Moku’aina A Wakinekona Hawaiian Civic Club located in Olympia.

03/14/2026

Source: Kealiʻi Reichel CD “Keʻalaokamaile - Instructions on eating fish from Lānaʻi, this mele may have been composed by Abraham Kaulia, a Lānaʻi cowboy. Translator unknown Music clip by Gippy Cooke

02/16/2026

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Sunset photos. A long first look. Extra time with family.
Build the day around that first instead of squeezing it in later.

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Private vows. A quiet pause before the reception. A prayer with parents.
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Shorten them. Move them. Replace them.
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Most stress comes from messy handoffs between moments.
How guests move from ceremony to cocktails.
From dinner to dancing.
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Add small pockets where it’s just you two.
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