Snailwalkers

When: 7th Mar 2010

Snailwalkers: Paul M, Paul W, Simon

Guest hiker: Julian

Where: Okutama station – Mt Nokogiri – Mt Odake –   Mt Miktake- Mt Hinode – Hinawatada Station

Distance: 21,3 km

Moving time: 5hours 25 mins

Stopped time: 2 hours 25 mins

Moving average: 3.9 km/h

Overall average: 2.7 km/h

Total ascent: 1592m

Max elevation: 1274m

Weather: rain, sleet and snow. 0-4 degrees

okutama

Rain? What rain?

Oh dear, bad pun alert.

Mountains desu.

Eddie in the clouds featuring atmospheric trees. Sounds like a rave anthem from '92.

Wild wood.

This was way more dangerous than it looks on this photo. Seriously.

It doesn't matter how scared you are as long as you don't let anyone [...]

this level of organisation is starting to scare me a bit now… heres the planned hike for this  Sunday. Starting from  Okutama on the Ome line, finishing at Hinatawada on the same line.

Its just over  20km, high point 1266.5 m, should take about 8 hours.

lets ‘ave it.

Planned route for the weekends hike

I spend a lot of time looking for statistics that put me in any #1 slot, so couldn’t resist this one. Reckon we should have a penalty for the person who finishes last in the training league

#1: Paul W: 64km

#2: Simon: 59km

#3: Arita-san: 45km

#4: Paul M: 38km

Who: Snailwalkers: Paul W, Simon , Arita-san. Others: Eddie & James from Ocean Park Capital

Distance: 20.3 km

Max elevation: 1564m

Accumulated elevation: 2001m

Moving time: 6 hours 17 min

Stopped time: 2 hours 46min

Moving average: 3.2 km/h

Overall average: 2.2 km/h

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It was with equal measures of  trepidation and excitement that I checked the weather out the window this morning  -the [...]

Who: Paul W, Paul M, Simon, Joe, Aditya, Prateek

Date: 20th Feb 2010

Distance: 19.2km

Moving time: 5 hours 11 minutes

Stopped time: 2 hours 11 minutes

Moving average speed: 3.7 km/h

Overall average: 2.6 km/h

Total Ascent: 1277m

Max elevation: 868m

Paul M’s report here

Takao-san to Jinba-san

Ghosts on a mountain
Rubbed thin by mist, fog and snow
Pale faced, shivering

Date: Sun 7th Feb 2010

Attended: Paul W, Kevin, Arita-san, Miyazaki-san (Small but tough!), Aditya

Start: Odawara Station

Finish: Lake Ashinoko, CP3

GPS track: (to be uploaded)

Route: Odawara Station - Shiroyama  Track and Field (Trailwalker Start) – CP1 – CP2 – CP3

Distance: 24km

Max elevation: 870m

Total ascent: approx 1300 m

Time taken: 7.5 hours

Weather: Beautiful alpine conditions from start to finish - Sunny, cool [...]

Its official – snailwalkers (by name at least) are back to participate in trailwalker 2010.

I just re-read some of my old posts on this blog from 18 months ago  –  suspect I’ve made a terrible mistake…

As soon as a mother holds her new-born child in her arms, her body immediately starts pumping out endorphins into her bloodstream at an unparalleled rate – this is her own body duplicitously encouraging her to forget all about the unbelievable agony and pain she’s juts been through, and concentrate on just having more babies [...]