Mｔ.Echigo-komagatake|A hundred famous mountains with a stately atmosphere. I tented. скачать в хорошем качестве

Mｔ.Echigo-komagatake|A hundred famous mountains with a stately atmosphere. I tented.

The weather in my planned mountain area was not looking good, so I again stared at the weather forecast and the map. Thunderstorms in the afternoon are normal in the high mountains, but the forecast for thunderstorms from around 10am was dangerous. I wondered if it would be a little better around Tanigawadake (谷川岳). When I was thinking about what route I should take, I looked at the map and found Echigo-Komagatake nearby. I had never hiked this mountain before. For those living in the Tokyo area, Echigo-Yuzawa somehow feels familiar. This may be thanks to Kakuei Tanaka, who devoted himself to the infrastructure of his home town of Niigata and the city of Tokyo. I was only aware that Uonuma was a little further away than Yuzawa. What I didn't have in mind at the time was that this mountain is one of the 100 most famous mountains in Japan and is very popular. Well, as usual I set off on Friday night and headed for Shiori Pass, driving about 26 km along the pass road from the Koide IC of the Kan-Etsu Expressway. When I arrived at around 2.30am, the parking lot, where about 30 cars can be parked, only had space for two. The area is even more crowded during the autumn foliage season. The reason for its popularity was that Shiori Pass was a famous cloud sea spot. It was therefore a popular destination not only for hikers but also for photographers. Particularly in autumn, when the difference between cold and warm temperatures is great, a large waterfall known as the ‘I want to see it before I die!’ The waterfalls are said to be the greatest waterfalls in the world. I took a nap at the Shiori Pass car park, but I was so sleepy that I ended up slumbering and it was quite late. Other hikers had left before dawn. I did, however, get to see the waterfall cloud. The trail was open and I could walk all the way up with views of the impressively large Mt Arasawa and the sea of clouds. Overall, a very good trail, easy to walk and well maintained, but anyway we suffered a lot from the heat this time. All of us were sweating uncommonly. The towels we used to wipe off the sweat dripped water when we squeezed them. The humidity was so high that when the sun came out it was like being in a sauna, and the sweat did not dry, so that when they moved their bodies they suffered from the heat. People seemed to have a hard time even talking. I was also the most exhausted I have ever been on a hike. I couldn't think of anything else but the heat. After passing through the forest limit at a subtle height (Mae-Komagatake), a snowy ridge appeared and I could finally feel the coolness in the breeze. From there it was a rocky climb, but I had no more strength gauge left and walked only in energy mode. Once at the lodge I had no strength left to make it to the summit later that day. The water from the stream at the watering hole was head-cold and really tasty. At night, when I touched my forehead in the tent, it was very hot, as if I had a fever. I thought it might be heat stroke, so I cooled myself down by holding a water bottle to my forehead, the back of my neck and my side. Despite such a hard hike, Echigo-Komagatake was a really beautiful and good mountain. The vegetation and deep valleys of the heavy snowfall area. It had a massive atmosphere that made it hard to believe it was a 2000 m mountain. The mountain is deep! The atmosphere was so impressive that it pierced my heart and I wanted to stand here again! After a good night's rest, I set off for the summit before dawn, but unfortunately it was too gassy to see the view. I wanted to see the powerful Hakkaisan. The area is famous for its sea of clouds, so it is probably normal for the morning to be foggy. When the sun rose a little higher, there was a break in the clouds and the hikers who came later were able to catch a glimpse of Mount Hakkaisan. The weather was forecast to break again in the afternoon, so I didn't stay too long and descended the mountain.