Diamond Head

Diamond Head is an inactive volcano that our volleyball team went hiking up. It was just not a good experience. It was the hottest day of the whole week we were there and none of us really wanted to go. We made sure to dress according to the weather and dress in clothes that we would be able to walk in and be comfortable. When we started walking it wasn't so bad, but after awhile of being in the sun it just started to get ridiculous. Everyone was sweating so much because it was super hot out and everyone was tired and sick of doing it. It was pretty much all up hill the whole time and we had to go through tight dark spaces and squeeze through. My mom liked going because she likes going on things like that for exercise but I was exhausted and just wanted to curl up somewhere and sleep, or anything that would prevent me from having to walk up this volcano. The day before that hike i bought a Hawaiian anklet that i loved so much and got a good bargain on, and for some reason i decided to wear it on the hike and guess what? I lost it. I was so mad, and I'm still quite disappointed in myself for my stupidity. But anyways, when we finally got to the top of the volcano (Thank God) it was really beautiful. You could oversee almost the whole island and see the ocean so well. Everything was so colorful and pretty and it really made you think, maybe this hike was worth it after all. Just kidding it still wasn't because we were only at the top for about 15 minutes. So if you go to Hawaii hiking up Diamond Head is not something i would recommend to do unless it's not too hot, your in shape, and prepared.

Outside Article:

Diamond Head is part of the complex of cones, vents, and their associated eruption flows that are collectively known to geologists as the Honolulu Volcanic Series, eruptions from the Koʻolau Volcano that took place long after the volcano formed and had gone dormant. The Honolulu Volcanic Series is a series of volcanic eruption events that created many of Oʻahu's well-known landmarks, including Punchbowl Crater, Hanauma Bay, Koko Head, and Mānana Island in addition to Diamond Head.

Diamond Head, like the rest of the Honolulu Volcanics, is much younger than the main mass of the Koʻolau Mountain Range. While the Koʻolau Range is about 2.6 million years old, Diamond Head is estimated to be about 150,000 years old and extinct for 150,000 years.

The eruption that built up Diamond Head was probably very brief, lasting no more than a few days. It was probably explosive, since when the cinder cone was originally formed, the sea level is thought to have been higher and the vent burst erupted over a coral reef. Another factor probably contributing to the eruption's explosive nature was that rising magma would have come into contact with the water table. The eruption's relatively brief length is thought to explain why the cone today is so symmetrical.

A nearby eruption that took place at about the same time as the Diamond Head eruption was the eruption that built the Black Point lava shield. Since the type of eruptions that built Diamond Head tend to be monogenetic, geologists don't believe Diamond Head will erupt again.