Some other feats of mountain-climbing in the news this week as the olympic torch reaches the summit of Everest. Watch the video here – it is very reminiscent of our training hike #5 to Kumotori-san
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Individual Essential Shoes – lightweight trail-running shoes are recommended over heavy-weight hiking boots due to the distance. Make sure they are very waterproof. Day-pack size rucksack (20-30 litres) A decent waterproof jacket with hood Waterproof ruck-sack cover (only if your rucksack doens’t have one built-in) Waterproof ruck-sack liner to put spare clothes in (a [...] This weekend Reza and I planned a bigger hike than usual – a 2 day epic up and down Kumotori-san – at 2017m the highest mountain in Kanto. I had already climbed a shorter version of this hike with the wife almost a year ago to the day, so I thought [...] After hiking through some “challenging” conditions at the weekend, the following is going straight onto my shopping list for the trailwalker: Waterproof rucksack shell Waterproof map holder Waterproof trousers Waterproof gloves Compass (preferably waterproof) See if you can spot the theme. If you are out in the trail in the coming summer months, remember this: Mosquitos are twice as attracted to blue than any other color and appear to love people who’ve just eaten bananas. God help you if you are a blue banana. With another couple of training hikes behind us, I think we’re ready for a few more pearls of snailwalking wisdom. Rules 1 to 5 Rule 6: Be Zen. Zen is all about getting lost in a moment, forcing your brain to stop judging and analyzing and living purely in the “now”. It struck me as [...] checkpoint one to two up and up and up and up leg-aching monday Absent from official training hike #3 this week due to a long weekend in Ishigaki-jima with the olds. Suffering snailwalker withdrawal, and spotting an interesting hike described in the rough guide I managed to convince my poor mum and dad and long-suffering wife into a small tramp up a mini-mountain. The snailwalker B-team packed a [...] No need to talk about the hike – Reza’s excellent post ( http://snailwalkers.com/2008/04/08/training-2-mt-takaomt-jimba/ ) has more than enough information (GET A JOB!) – but a quick note on some apres-hike options around Takao: On Paul M’s recommendation , we headed to Ukai Toriyama http://www.ukai.co.jp/toriyama/ about 2km’s from Takaosanguchi station. This is a truly spectacular place, [...] For those of us who weren’t venture scouts, here’s the wisdom of Woodgate as irritatingly shared over the shoulder during this weekends first training hike. Rule 1: When walking on a road with no traffic, always walk into oncoming traffic, Every good scout knows this one. Rule 2: Bring some water, Khilan, you dipstick. [...] |
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