Fire officials say they got the call to rescue the paraglider around five this evening.
They say the man drifted from the Windward to the Leeward side of Oahu.
The man landed safely in between two ridges near the Manana trail–but not in an accessible area where fire crews could safely rescue him.
"He’s off the trail there’s no trail to get to him and then rappel down they’re going to have to fly in rescue personnel and insert them hopefully above and that’s what they couldn’t do this evening," says Battalion Chief Jerry Spencer, Honolulu Fire Department.
Officials say the man is in a safe area and has a cell phone to get in touch with fire crews if needed.
Fire crews plan to go back up the mountain at first light tomorrow morning to bring the pilot down.
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