The most time consuming 18 November 2019

Hiking Mount Takigoyama from Sasago station Today I took a 2 hour train ride to Sasago station on the Chuo line, and once again, hiked the wrong way up a mountain. I did not see a single oth....

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 ini 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 Daegu 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....