やまは 私のジムです。- The mountains are my gym.

This is about last week

's hike. All the rain has kept me from going anywhere until my last day off. Finally, I dashed off to this trail I found in a guidebook. It's up in the mountains, at 2800 meters. The total length is 15 km with an 810 meter elevation gain and leads you to what else - a waterfall! 😎

The problem is I got started very late in the day and so getting caught in a thunderstorm was a real possibility. Which is one reason I chose this trail, it's below tree line. The hike to the falls was quite nice, through meadows and stands of trees and finally along a creek with decent mountain views.

The real treat comes at the end, though, a really scenic waterfall and once you climb above the falls, you get a panoramic view of the area.

Unfortunately, I don't have room to show you the falls here, so I will post those photos in part two.

Let me just say the whole hike took me 4:15 hrs with a meal break. On the way back I was rather in a hurry, as the clouds were moving in rapidly. I did not get soaked, though. 😀

More coming soon...