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Climbing Karamatsudake via Happo Pond

Posted on October 21, 2024May 6, 2025 by Marie Journals

Beginner route optional HERE. Back in Aug 22, 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, I wanted to get back to doing outdoor stuff and attempted to hike Mt. Karamatsu. I haven’t been working out during this time and I gained about 10kg since I hiked Mt. Fuji 2 years prior. It was too hard…

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Nabewari-yama to Tonodake Hiking Gone Wrong

Posted on September 18, 2024April 30, 2025 by Marie Journals

This is the hardest hike I’ve ever done in my life. SEP 07, 2024– We started our ascend at 8:30 and was supposed to be at Sonbutsu Sanso in Tonodake by 16:00 but we didn’t get there until 18:40. It was already dark and the last hour of ascend was just too hard for me…

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