A former UPMC doctor accused of trying to kill his wife while they were hiking along a trail in Hawaii pleaded not guilty in court Monday to a charge of attempted murder. WTAE reported that Gerhardt Konig, 46, appeared for the hearing via video from the Oahu Community Correctional Center.

Gerhardt Konig, an anesthesiologist accused of trying to push his wife off a cliff before allegedly bashing her face with a rock, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree attempted

Even by Hawaiian standards, the scenic trail at Oahu’s Nu‘uanu Pali Lookout—where more than 400 warriors were forced to jump to their deaths from the 1,200-ft. cliff during a battle in 1795—is hauntingly beautiful.