I went climb Mt. Myoko last weekend, which is the one of the five mountains, HOKUSHIN GOGAKU. I have ever been to the other four so far so this was the last one of them for me.
-COLD KEPT ME AWAY SLEEP-
Last Saturday I left home for the entry of this mountain, Tsubame Spa and stayed at night in the car parked nearby. Many cars were already parking there when I got there past midnight. Soon I slipped into the sleeping bag. It was so cold that I woke up several times at night.
-STARTING-
I got up at five and made preparation for the attack. When the beautiful sun rose I started to walk at 6 AM.
-MET A MAN-
Then a man came to me and asked me of something about the route. He was from Gifu pref. in his fifties. He told me that he climbed Mt. Hiuchi, a next-door mountain of Myoko and the moutain hut was so crowded that he couldn't stay there and had to come to the Tsubame Spa. We decided to climb together.
-TENGU-DAIRA-
Mt. Myoko has long steep slopes, called Munatsuki-haccho. We were very fast climbing it and finally reached Tengu-daira. Many people were taking rests there. We took a break there likewise. The man told me that he was so tired that he would let me go alone from there and that we would meet again on the summit. So I left there alone.
-KUSARI-BA-
This mountain has the place where you have to use the chains to climb. It was so thriling and fun that I enjoyed it. But it was so narrow that we have to wait for someone ahead of us for a little while sometimes. I have ever experienced such places last month on Mt. Togakushi so I didn't feel that it was very difficult to get through it.
-SUMMIT CROWDED-
About three hours later than the start I got to the top of the mountain. At first I found that there were so many people there. I thought it was around one hundred. I really realized that it is the one of Hyaku-mei-zan.
-MT.FUJI-
I was so lucky and happy to see Mt. Fuji on the summit as well as almost all the good view places. We also saw a lot of mountains, Mt. Naeba, Azumaya, Asama, Yatsugatake, North Alps, Takatsuma, Yake and Mt. Hiuchi.
-MUSCLE PAIN-
Through the following couple of days I was suffereing from the muscle pain on my thighs. I had never felt such bad muscle pain so far.
-KAWARA-NO-YU-
To confess, this was the most important target for me this time, in a word. I have known there are two baths near this spa. A few years ago I came enjoy one of them, Kogane-no-yu. This time I wanted to take a bath in the other spa, Kawara-no-yu. It isn't so large that ten people could take a bath at the time. As white water as you can't see at bottom, it could help relax your tiredness or soften your muscle pain. I was in the spa for about fifteen minutes and enjoyed some talks with some people there.
