Palm trees, sandy beaches, sunbathing holidaymakers: with this cover picture, the Hawaii travel guide aims to awaken a longing for the South Seas. My South Seas dream looks different: It culminates at an altitude of 4,205 metres. The route to my destination, the Mauna Kea volcano, leads 70 kilometres uphill through the tropical forest and lava desert of Big Island, the main island of Hawaii.
A superlative for cyclists who like to collect metres in altitude: 4,200 metres are said to be on the computer at the summit; more than twice as many as after the longest climb in the Alps to the Cime de la Bonnet. On the cover picture of the Hawaii travel guide, the mountain giant remains a detail in the background. Far away and high above the beach huts, its snow-covered crown shines, hanging over the island like an oversized flying saucer. In the chapter on the volcanoes of the archipelago, there is a picture from the opposite perspective, taken from the edge of the saucer. In the foreground is the dome of an observatory, lost like an igloo in the eternal ice; behind it, in the far distance, is another volcanic cone, Haleakala on Maui, around 200 kilometres away. It is only recognisable as an outline in the middle of the endless Pacific blue.
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