Mount Myogi

July 31, 2023
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My tradition of doing a solo hike after climbing the icon of Japan continued with a hike plucked out of social media, as this was billed as a challenging and technical hike. I got off the rural train station of Matsuida in the prefecture of Gunma, which I was told ranks up there with heat […]

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Mount Fuji 2023

July 25, 2023
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Out of the frying pan into the fire as we The COVID-19 germaphobe storm had settled since 2019, so it was time to hop on a plane and go back to the land of the rising sun to climb a mountain to catch the rising sun. We got up early and left Shinjuku to catch […]

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Red Hill to Trench Trail

July 16, 2023

I decided to do a solo outing today and see how far my legs would take me in the mountains. The darkness in the valley gave my legs added fleetness as I made it to the sign in under 30 minutes. Making my way to the 2,237′ top after being rained on for the most […]

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Walk around Oahu (Waialua to Makua Cave)

July 9, 2023

Met up with Aida, Allison, Mari, Mona and Tessa at Dillingham Airfield for our perimeter walk#7 around the island. Group photo at missed opportunities. Entering the remote coastline park. The team building rope course. Do we need supervision? Adult supervision? Passing by the YMCA camp that was built back in 1926. Entering the area that […]

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Piliwale to Pali Lookout

July 8, 2023

Met up with Aileen and Tesssa to do a quick hop and pop over the mountains. Where’s the goat whisperer when you need him? Somebody was running fashionably late aka Hawaiian time, so we enjoyed the breaking sunrise over Olomana. We soon left the future lots of affordable homes and began our hike. But first, […]

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Manana to Poamoho

July 1, 2023

Our camping weekend was a working case of what can go wrong and right at the same time. Met up with Amber, Doug and Thomas in the cat village at the top of Pacific Palisades. My original group of five had shrunk to two and Amber’s group had shrunk to two as well, and they […]

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Walk around Oahu (Waimea to Waialua)

June 25, 2023

We spent the last Sunday in June doing our perimeter walk#6 around the island. Thanks to Matt for dropping Agnes, Aida, Enrique, Jasmin, Mari, Tessa, and myself off near Waimea Bay where we had last ended our walk. Passing by the oceanside home that has a Japanese theme and built around five bedrooms and nine […]

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Mount Ka’ala to Kolekole

June 18, 2023

Back to the West side to tie up some loose ends. We even got to see a Achatinella mustelina, an air-breathing land snail that is endemic to the Waianae Range. Mahalo to Daryl for coming out of hiking hibernation and dropping Aida, Aileen, Chris, CJ, Thomas and myself off in the remote valley. Chasing the […]

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Walk around Oahu (Kahuku to Waimea)

June 11, 2023

We spent Kamehameha Day doing our perimeter walk #5 around the island. Early hiker gets the sunrise view. Aida, Mari, Tess and myself boarded the bus as the others failed to wake up or became ill. We got off the bus, checked out some wood carvings and pushed off on our walk. Passing by shrubs […]

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Kolekole Pass to Pohakea Pass

June 10, 2023

It was that time to connect the shortcut and hope it doesn’t turn out to be another long day. 100% ID check. Thanks to Edgar for dropping us off at the lowest point in the Waianae Mountain Range. Going up the wooden steps. Who wants to be on the chopping block? We have our first […]

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