The 3 Goldilocks and the bear
10 November 2024
Mount Okushishiku from Tsurugi station
A lot of photos today. Great light for hiking photos so I will try to be brief here. My hike today was from the last station on the Ishikawa line....
I got lost and became an expert
5 November 2024
Kamagadake and Gozaisho from Yunoyamaonsen
Very long hike today. Huge number of photos. I got lost early on and ended up on the expert course, which was really quite difficult. I only made ....
Historic Buddha has lost his head
11 April 2024
Gyeongju Namsan mountain
Today I went to the Gyeongju Namsan mountain. Everywhere has a Namsan mountain so I have to be specific. As mentioned I was not sure if this would....
Nuclear winter
6 April 2024
Hiking Palgongsan over Dongbong to Gatbawi
This was my third time climbing Palgongsan. Obviously I like it. I received feedback that I share too many pictures, so I decided to completely ig....
Not as long as I hoped for
19 November 2023
Mount Takanosu from Lake Okutama to Okutama station
I thought it would take longer! My day started at 5:12am as I had planned and warned myself. My bag was already packed with drinks and snacks and ....
Ruined sea of cloud
13 November 2023
Takeda castle ruins day trip
It took 2 trains to get there and 4 trains to get back. 2 hours there 3.5 hours back. It was raining but not enough for me to get wet. There was a....
Highest around
8 November 2023
Mount Takanawa from Iyo-Hojo station
Naturally when you go to a place you have never been to before, the first thing you do is scroll the map and find the highest mountain possible to....
Delayed and confused
2 November 2023
Onoyama from Yamakita to Yaga Station
Today I had an all day battle with trains. First of all, I made a mistake I have made before. If you have a Suica/Pasmo/Icoca/Toica/Kitaca etc. th....
Smoke and ladders
12 May 2023
Dakeng trails 2, 5 and 4
Today I went to a hike I have been on previously. If you look up hiking in Taichung, this will come up at the top of the list. The Dakeng trails a....
Matcha latte missionary trail
6 May 2023
Marian / Shengmu / Matcha hiking trail
Today's hike has about 9 different names. You can find it referred to as Marian or St Marian's hiking trail, the sacred mother trail, Shengmu hiki....
Me vs the volcano ver. 3.0a
1 May 2023
Yangmingshan Qixing peak
If you suffer from chronic flatulence, then today's hike is for you. It was my third time doing this hike, and the first time when the peak was no....
No fog this time
21 November 2022
All the trails of Gyeryongsan national park
I have been here before. Last time I was here, it was raining, foggy, misty, wet and there was no view at all. I just did a re read of that day to....
Colonnades hermitages and Gorals
14 November 2022
Mudeungsan from Wonhyo ranger station
I have done parts of this hike before. It was fantastic, and admittedly last time had a clearer view. Today I got on the right bus immediately, a ....
River view
7 November 2022
Yebongsan and Ungilsan from Paldang Station
Today was an excellent hike, probably a top 5 hike! It was just about 5 hours, about 14km, 30,000 steps, great views, great weather. The only issu....
My moistened path
6 June 2022
Hiking over Jangsan from Jangsan station
Before we get into it, just now on the TV behind me in my hotel room was an ad for a new robot. It is about 3 feet high, and on a base similar to ....
Barely even broke a sweat
27 May 2022
Hiking the loop to Gwanggyosan from the Reservoir
Title is a humble brag, but compared to the last 3 hikes, this one was very civilised and easy. It was still long, about 16km in total including a....
Little Xian
26 May 2022
Walking around the Hwaseong fortress wall in Suwon
The main attraction in Suwon without a doubt is the wall that circles the city. Well it almost completely circles a part of the city, there is one....
I hit a wall
20 May 2022
Hiking across Bukhansan National Park from Bulgwang to Bukhansan Ui
Lets get going with this. The main National Park within the suburbs of Seoul is Bukhansan. It is huge. There are lots of subway stations for hiker....
Dam dirty and noisy hike
16 November 2019
From Okutama station to Mount Gozenyama to Lake Okutama
Dont let the above title fool you. Today was an excellent hike. Lots and lots of photos so I wont type too much here. I say than often then type a....
No ice just blue skies
13 November 2019
Climbing Mount Bandai from Inawashiro station
Today was the longest hike of the trip so far. Unless I get lost somewhere on my 3 remaining hiking days, it will likely remain the longest hike o....
Repeat visit
11 November 2019
Omoshiroyamakogen canyon to Yamadera shrine
I have been here before and done exactly this journey before. Top tip for using my site, click the search thing and click the tag for the name of ....
Ice capades on magic mountain
10 November 2019
Climbing Mount Zao without the cable car
There will be no crater lake photo. There will be lots of photos of ice, lots and lots of ice. It is hard to photograph the wind, but I think you ....
Fast run up an icy mountain
6 November 2019
From Doai station to Mount Tanigawa and back in 4.5 hours
Lots and lots of photos today, so I will do most of my boring nonsense dribbling with the photos. In summary, today was one of my best hikes ever....
A walk in the volcano park
3 November 2019
Mount Akagi daytrip from Takasaki
Its the second day of a three day weekend here in Japan, and people are daytripping all over the place. So I decided to go to a very popular spot.....
Au naturale hiking trail
1 November 2019
Mount Takahata and Mount Kuratake from Torisawa to Yanagawa stations
SPLENDIFEROUS weather. No wind, no cloud, forecast max of 21C. You know what that means. Todays hike was out on the Chuo line. This line was badl....
Three peak party
30 October 2019
Climbing three mountains near Mitake including Iwatakeishiyama
Awesome weather, lets get hiking! Todays hike started from Mitake, the main village up the very picturesque and familiar to me Ome line. Most peop....
Expensive trip to small mountain
28 October 2019
Daytrip to hike Mount Tsukuba using public transport
Today I went to the second most popular mountain near Tokyo, Tsukuba. Strangely I have not been here before, I thought I had, but my memory was wr....
There is no traffic in London
13 July 2019
The area north of Kings Cross is now completely gentrified
Like the title says, the first thing I noticed tonight, no traffic. The daily consumption tax thing for crossing the red line and entering the cit....
Palatial botany
7 July 2019
Palais de Versaille / Palace of Versailles - France
On previous trips I have been to the eyefull tower, I have been to the champs a lease a and I have been to the arch of trump. I had not been to th....
Looking down on the airport
24 April 2019
Hiking up and over sunset peak from Tung Chung station
Last full day in Hong Kong. Last opportunity for a hike. Good weather. No jokes no tangents no segue, lets get going. Shit too late, until just no....
Surprise waterless hike
14 April 2019
Hiking from Nathan Road up Beacon Hill over Lion Rock and back again
It was supposed to be pouring with rain all day. I got up and peered out the window, it looked like any other rainy day. I went outside thinking I....
Seven and a half years later
9 April 2019
Hiking over wonderful Gwanaksan from Sadang station
So, 7.5 years ago I came to Korea, and climbed over Gwanaksan. You can find that by looking at my old trip report from 2011, ALL MY CONTENT IS ALL....
Fog shots
5 April 2019
Taking the bus to Gyeryongsan national park to go hiking in the fog
Today I spent many hours hiking in fog. The actual place was called Gyeryongsan national park, which is located a short bus ride to the west of do....
The first of many identical mountains
1 April 2019
Hiking Suraksan via Danggogae subway station
YESSSSS!!! Today I get to upload about 1000 almost identical over sharpened over saturated photographs of brown mountains with grey rocks. The goa....
Magnificent Lake Okutama
20 November 2018
Hiking from Okutama station to Lake Okutama and hiking a lap of the lake
Well that all took longer than expected. So long that I didnt even come back to the hotel between todays activity and dinner, more on that later, ....
Hiking with others
17 November 2018
Hiking Mount Kawanori from Okutama station
Today was a long day, a long day hiking near Tokyo on a Saturday, which meant there were other people. At times lots of other people, but at other....
All about the bridge
15 November 2018
Hiking a lap of Nagasaki over the amazing Megami bridge
As you shall see, today is all about the bridge, but also a tunnel, and also Mitsubishi, and also a more than 30km great loop around the Nagasaki ....
And now for the view
3 May 2018
City God pavilion of Hangzhou
Hangzhou was nice the last time I came here, apart from the areas that were huge muddy holes in the ground with all the buildings removed on both ....
The west lake of the northern capital
17 April 2018
Exploring the summer palace by subway
Today I went to another top tourist attraction, the summer palace. I had never been there before. Parts of it are modeled on the famous west lake ....
A really long journey to a really big wall
16 April 2018
Getting to the great wall at Mutianyu on the bus
The pollution came back, but the weather is still good. Its Monday so crowds should be low, time to go to the great wall of China. When I went in ....
All the views
11 November 2017
Hiking Mount Tanzawa from Shibusawa station and the amazing views of Mount Fuji
OK, I took 43 pictures today, so this description will be brief, and lacking any kind of tangents or bonus observations not related to the day. I ....
Primordial typhoon deer attack
3 November 2017
Hiking all the way to the top of Nara
Today I went to Nara, fought off a lot of deer, walked 35km including through a primordial forest, and was again thwarted by the typhoon from goin....
Train to mountain stroll ropeway beach bus
27 October 2017
Hiking up and over Kunozantoshogu in Shizuoka
Today I took a train, walked through the city then strolled up a small mountain, took in the view of Fuji, hopped on a short ropeway ride across a....
Ropes and ladders
30 March 2017
Day trip to hike Wuliaojian
Its my last full day in Taiwan, so its time for one last mountain! According to most people, its the greatest mountain possible to climb in a day ....
Windy teapot
28 March 2017
Hiking the teapot mountain in Jiufen
There were 3 things I was sure I wanted to do whilst in Taiwan on this trip. Go to Taroko gorge, go to sun moon lake, and climb the teapot mountai....
Engorged
10 March 2017
Day trip to Taroko Gorge from Hualien
Today I went to Taroko Gorge, one of Taiwans 2 main tourist attractions. Dont worry I am going to the other one as well later in my trip. I know y....
White flag
5 November 2016
Hiking along the canyon from Omoshiroyama to Yamadera
Today I had to wave the white flag and retreat back down a mountain I did not even intend to climb. The plan was to go to a remote station with a ....
Terrible sign failure
30 October 2016
Hiking Mount Soranuma near Sapporo by bus
I thought there might be a bit of snow. Turns out there was endless snow. I thought it might be cold on top of a mountain, turns out it was absolu....
Volcanic gas panic
23 October 2016
Climbing Tateyama on the Kurobe alpine route
Today I climbed one of Japans 3 sacred mountains located on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. The alpine route goes from Toyama, across, above and....
Thousands of flying creatures
7 June 2016
Hiking Patscherkofel in Innsbruck
Somehow I deleted what I wrote here? No idea how. Oh well. I think it spoke about how I climbed the mountain swatting at various bugs.
I made it in 9 hours
5 June 2016
Hiking up Zugspitze via the Reintal route
It was a long fun day. Opinions were mixed on if climbing the highest mountain in Germany, Zugspitze (2962m), was possible so early in the season.....
Other people
23 November 2015
Hiking Mount Homan in Dazaifu
Its a national holiday, theres only one mountain of note that people living here go to, its peak leaf season, the internet warned of jam packed tr....
Not a bad view
16 November 2015
A hiking day trip to Norosan near Hiroshima by train to Kawajiri station
Theres not a lot of mountains near Hiroshima, but I found them anyway. Todays mountain of sorts, was called Mount Noro, which is in Kure city sout....
Grey day on a bald mountain
13 November 2015
Hiking Fujiwaragatake in the Suzuka range near Nagoya
Its Friday the 13th. I cant quite provide a night on a bald mountain to celebrate, but I can instead go up a bald mountain on a very grey day. I s....
Long day at altitude
10 November 2015
Climbing Mount Gozaisho as a daytrip from Nagoya
Today was an excellent, long day. So long in fact that I was gone almost 12 hours. I opened google maps and scrolled around until I saw mountains.....
Rockfall
24 March 2015
Hiking Dobongsan in Bukhansan National Park
The last mountain! It was the most technically challenging, with lots of sheer rock faces to ascend with footholds and cables and opportunities to....
Yellow sand day
22 March 2015
Hiking Baegundae Bukhansan national park
Sorry to disappoint, but it is again mountain hike day. Todays hike was to Baegundae peak in the hugely popular Bukhansan national park, by far th....
Rain gone, mountain time
19 March 2015
Hiking magnificent Mudeungsan near Gwangju
I woke up excited, mountain day! I leapt out of bed and felt minor pain, in my ribs. My bed is so hard I believe I have bruised ribs whilst sleepi....
Great wall of Korea
12 March 2015
Hiking Geumjung in Busan
In about 1600, Korea and Japan were having one of their regular wars. To stop this, Korea decided to build a wall along the mountains that surroun....
Its the final mountain
26 March 2014
It was with a deep sadness that today I ascended my final mountain of this trip. Tomorrow I fly out of Taipei at 19:30, connection in Hong Kong at....
Me vs the volcano
23 March 2014
Today I went to Yangmingshan national park, just north of Taipei. I have been there before and got lost, its huge, theres a lot of different peaks....