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don't do exact don't do it don't yell the bed it's illegal beautiful shot my hair there's your stairs in 1942 on the Hawaiian island of Oahu the United States Navy constructed a set of 4,000 stairs to access a secret radio station on top of the mountain the stairway is called the haiku stairs and accurately nicknamed the stairway to heaven you'll see why in just a second the radio station at the top of the Haiku stairs was used to communicate with United States Navy all across the Pacific during the Second World War initially the stairs leading to the top of the mountain were made out of wood but were replaced in the 1950s by a more structurally secure metal staircase after the war the radio tower was eventually converted into an Omega navigation system which transmitted low-frequency radio signals as a kind of old-school GPS for ships and aircraft this was also subsequently shut down when GPS satellites became more mainstream but the beautiful stairway was left in place and intact and even though the stairs themselves have been closed to the public since 1987 that doesn't keep people from ignoring the no trespassing signs and climbing the stairs themselves to enjoy this world wonder often as I personally found out a few years ago trespassers get cited by the local police on the way down in 2003 the city spent eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars repairing the stairs but even after that the constant flow of trespassers the precarious location and the aggressive foliage have left the state again in major need of repair unfortunately though just last year in 2016 the land owners the Hawaii Board of Water Supply commissioned a team to study the environmental impact of dismantling and removing the stairway to Hazzard that means this hike and this view would be inaccessible for future generation taking down the stairs would be removing one of the most unique and beautiful pieces of history we have from World War two personally I think Hawaii could make a huge profit by turning the hike into a lottery system like California does with the Yosemite Half Dome hi Hawaii would get the money for stairway maintenance and people could participate in one of the most beautiful hikes in the world legally do you think that there should be removed from the mountain let me know in the comments all this aerial footage II saw was filmed with the DJI Matic hit that thumbs up button if you enjoyed this video and subscribe for more videos like this in the future thanks for watching called fuer you