Nā Papa Hoʻokele Naʻauao: Māhele I

Eia nā moʻolelo o kēlā me kēia lā i kākau ʻia e Dr. John Wise. Me kāna hui, ua huakaʻi ʻo Kauka Wise a puni ke Kaiwa o Kaleponi no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā koholā. Na Dr. Wise e holo i ka The Wise Laboratory of Environmental & Genetic Toxicology.

Day 1
Ma ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kahi huakaʻi, ua aʻo au aia ka nui o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana, ka hoʻolālā, ka hoʻokō a me ka laki e hiki ai iā mākou ke holo i ka waʻa, e ʻākoakoa ma ke ʻano he hui a hoʻomākaukau no nā lā hana ma ke kai. ʻO nā snafus hope loa, ka manawa maopopo ʻole, nā kikoʻī paʻakikī i hui pū ʻia i loko o kahi symphony o ka haunaele e hoʻopilikia a hoʻokūkū iā mākou i ko mākou mākaukau no ka huakaʻi ma mua. ʻO ka hope, hiki iā mākou ke huli i ko mākou manaʻo i ka hana ma ka lima a ʻimi i nā koholā. Nui nā lā o ka hana paʻakikī i mua me kā lākou mau hoʻāʻo a me nā pilikia a e hoʻoponopono mākou iā lākou me kā mākou hana maikaʻi loa. Ua lawe mākou i ka lā a pau (9 hola) i ka lā wela o Cortez a me kekahi hana kea kupaianaha a Johnny, a ua hoʻokō mākou i ka hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻana i nā koholā ʻelua. He ala maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻomaka ai i ka huakaʻi – 2 biopsies i ka lā hoʻokahi ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana o nā pilikia he nui!

Day 2
Ua ʻike mākou i nā ʻiole make. ʻAʻole maopopo a maopopo ʻole ke kumu o ko lākou make ʻana. Akā, ʻo ka nui o nā kino pehu e lana ana e like me nā buoy i loko o ka wai, ua maopopo ka hana ʻino ʻana. ʻO nā iʻa make a mākou i ʻike ai i nehinei, a ʻo ka liona kai make a mākou i hala ai i kēia lā, he mea ia e hoʻonui ai i ka mea pohihihi a hōʻike i ka pono o ka mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka haumia moana. Ua hiki mai ka nani o ke kai i ka wā i haki mai ai kekahi kohola humpback ma ke ʻano ʻōlinolino ma mua pono o ka ihu o ka waʻa me mākou a pau e nānā ana! Loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou biopsy mua o ke kakahiaka mai kahi humpback hānai me kahi hōʻike maikaʻi loa o ka hui pū ʻana ʻoiai ʻo Mark i alakaʻi akamai iā mākou i ke koholā mai ka nūhou o ka manu.

Day 3
Ua ʻike mua au i kēia lā he lā kūkulu ʻano no kākou a pau. ʻAʻole ʻo X e hōʻailona i kahi i kēia lā; he mau hola lōʻihi o ka ʻimi ʻana. Me ka ʻai ʻana o ka lā iā mākou no ke kolu o ka lā - aia ke koholā ma mua o mākou. A laila aia ma hope o mākou. A laila waiho ʻia iā mākou. A laila, pono iā mākou. Auwe, wikiwiki ka koholā a Bryde. No laila hele pololei mākou. Huli mākou a hoʻi. Hele mākou i ka hema. Hele pololei mākou. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao i makemake ai ke koholā e huli mākou. Huli mākou. ʻAʻohe kokoke loa. A laila, me he mea lā ua ʻike ʻo ia ua pau ka pāʻani, ua puka mai ke koholā a ua hoʻōho ʻo Carlos mai ka pūnana koʻo. “Aia ma laila! Ma kahi pono o ka waapa”. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua puka ka koholā ma kahi kokoke i nā biopsiers ʻelua a ua loaʻa kahi laʻana. Ua kaʻawale mākou a me ke koholā. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi koholā ʻē aʻe ma hope o ka lā - he koholā hope i kēia manawa a loaʻa iā mākou kekahi laʻana. Ua hui maoli ka hui a hana maikaʻi pū. ʻO kā mākou huina he 7 biopsies mai 5 mau koholā a me 3 mau ʻano ʻano like ʻole.

Day 4
I koʻu kunou ʻana no ka hiamoe kakahiaka, lohe au i ka leo “ballena”, ʻo ka Spanish no ke koholā. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea mua aʻu e hana ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻoholo wikiwiki. ʻElua paha mile ma kahi ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi. ʻElua mau kohola humpback ma kahi o 2 mau mile ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe a ʻokoʻa ka manaʻo ma kahi e hele ai. Ua hoʻoholo wau e māhele mākou i ʻelua pūʻulu no ka mea he liʻiliʻi ka manawa i nā koholā 3 a pau ma ke ʻano he hui hoʻokahi. Hana mākou e like me kā mākou hana ʻana, a hoʻokaʻawale i ka mamao e neʻe kokoke ana a kokoke, akā ʻaʻole kokoke loa i ke koholā. ʻO ka waʻa ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, e like me kaʻu i makaʻu ai, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa nā kohola humpback a hoʻi koke mai me ka nele. Akā, ua hoʻoholo ko lākou hoʻi ʻana mai i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe a me kā mākou alakaʻi ʻana iā lākou, ua hiki iā lākou ke kiʻi i kahi biopsy o ke koholā, a hoʻi mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻākau i ko mākou pahuhopu hope loa o San Felipe kahi e hoʻololi ai mākou i nā hui Wise Lab.

Day 5
Nā hoʻolauna pūʻulu:
Aia kēia hana i ʻekolu pūʻulu like ʻole - ka hui Wise Laboratory, ka hui o Sea Shepherd a me ka hui Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS).

Hui UABCS:
ʻO Carlos lāua ʻo Andrea: nā haumāna o Jorge, ʻo ia ko mākou mea hoʻokipa kūloko a me ko mākou hui pū ʻana a paʻa i nā palapala ʻae hoʻohālike Mekiko.

Sea Shepherd:
Kāpena Fanch: kāpena, Carolina: mea akamai i ka media, Sheila: kā mākou kuke, Nathan: deckhand mai Farani

Hui Hana Hana Naauao:
Mark: Kāpena ma kā mākou hana a ke Kaiwaʻi o Maine, ʻo Rick: mai kā mākou holo ʻana mai ke Kaiwa o Mekiko a me ke Kaiwa o Maine, ʻo Rachel: Ph.D. haumāna ma ke Kulanui o Louisville, Johnny: whale biopsier extraordinaire, Sean: incoming Ph.D. haumāna, James: ʻepekema
ʻO ka hope, aia wau. ʻO wau ke poʻo o kēia huakaʻi a me ke alakaʻi o ka Wise Laboratory.

Me 11 mau leo, mai 3 mau hui me 3 mau moʻomeheu hana like ʻole, ʻaʻole ia he hana koʻikoʻi, akā he leʻaleʻa a ke kahe nei a ke hana pū nei mākou me ka maikaʻi loa. He pūʻulu kanaka nui, hoʻolaʻa a paʻa!

Day 6
He kohola humpback ma kahi kokoke i ko makou pae moku e au ana i o a i o, e hiamoe ana paha no laila ua hoomaka makou e hahai. I ka hopena, ua ʻike ʻia ke koholā ma ko mākou kakaka awa ma kahi kūlana biopsy maikaʻi loa no laila lawe mākou i hoʻokahi a noʻonoʻo i kahi makana Easter mua. ʻO kā mākou helu biopsy i hoʻokahi no ka lā.
A laila… Nā kohola sperm! ʻOiaʻiʻo ma hope koke o ka ʻaina awakea – ʻike ʻia kahi kohola sperm ma mua pono. Hoʻokahi hola i hala, a laila, ʻike ʻia ka koholā, a me ka lua o ke koholā. I kēia manawa ua ʻike mākou i ko lākou wahi i hele ai. Ma hea aʻe? Hāʻawi wau i kaʻu manaʻo maikaʻi loa. Ua hala kekahi hola. A laila, ʻike ʻia ka koholā ma waho o ko mākou ʻaoʻao awa. Ua kuhi pololei wau. Ua hala mākou i kēlā koholā mua, akā ua biopsi i ka lua. ʻEwalu koholā a ʻekolu mau ʻano i biopsied i hoʻokahi lā Easter nani! Ua hōʻiliʻili mākou i 26 biopsies mai 21 kohola a me 4 ʻano ʻano like ʻole (sperm, humpback, fin a me Bryde's). 

Day 7
He lā mālie no ka hapa nui, ʻoiai ua uhi mākou i kahi ʻāina i kā mākou ʻimi ʻana i nā koholā biopsy, a kiʻi i nā mea hana hou ma San Felipe. ʻO ka holo ʻana i ke au ma ke kahawai e hoʻolohi ana iā mākou, no laila ua hāpai ʻo Kāpena Fanch i ka peʻa e holo i laila. Ua hauʻoli kēlā me kēia o mākou i ka manawa e holo iki ai.

Day 8
ʻO nā hana biopsy a pau i kēia lā i hana ʻia i ke kakahiaka nui, a mai ka waʻa. Loaʻa iā mākou nā pōhaku weliweli ma lalo o ka wai, he mea paʻakikī ke hoʻokele i ka Martin Sheen. Hoʻonoho mākou i ka waʻa no ka mea ua kokoke nā koholā i uka, a he nui ka maopopo ʻole o nā pakuhi e pili ana i kahi o nā pōhaku. Ma hope o ka manawa pōkole, ua loaʻa iā Johnny lāua ʻo Carlos he 4 biopsies mai ka waʻa, a ua hoʻi mākou i ko mākou ala, me ka manaʻolana no nā mea hou aʻe. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ia no ka lā, ʻoiai mākou i ʻike a hoʻopaʻa i hoʻokahi kohola hou i ka lā. Loaʻa iā mākou he 34 biopsies mai 27 kohola a hiki i kēia manawa me nā koholā 5 a mākou i laʻa ai i kēia lā. Loaʻa iā mākou ka wā e hiki mai ana ma San Felipe i hoʻokahi lā ma mua. 

No ka heluhelu ʻana i nā moʻolelo piha a Kauka Wise a i ʻole e heluhelu e pili ana i kāna mau hana, e kipa mai ʻO ka pūnaewele Wise Laboratory. Māhele II e hiki koke mai ana.