GPS-logging my bike rides
Five weeks ago I started logging my road bike rides, runs and mountain hikes using the GPS in my Google Nexus S Android phone. I use the iMapMyRide app which requires Android 2.1 and later (of course...
View ArticleMount Daibosatsu (大菩薩岳) in January
Last weekend I did my first real winter hike, up Mount Daibosatsu (2057 m) near Enzan in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan. Last year I did two hikes on Daibosatsu with friends, but on Sunday we went back...
View ArticleMt Fuji: You don’t have to be a fool to climb it twice
I am back from my second climb of Mt Fuji. All the 26 members of our hiking group (from age 8 to about 70) made it to the top and back down again. We started from the Fujinomiya 5th stage and also...
View ArticleJōmon Sugi, the hard way
Eight years ago I visited Yakushima island near Kyushu/Japan with my family. We did a lot of hiking to see the ancient Cryptomeria trees in the lush green mountains, but we did not try to go to Jōmon...
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