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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 tanzawa-san.20100227 It was with equal measures of trepidation and excitement that I [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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