I went Mt.Zao in Sep 7,2009.

It was the third time that I went had been to Zao, but I wasn't able to watch the Okama twice either.
Okama is pot of the mauntaintop, it is five colors lake.

I went by bicycle this time. It was fine and I watched splendid scenery. I climbed 1740 meters in one day. This is the personal record. I'm satisfied.

92.36Km AV 14.0Km MAX 47.1Km MAX-HR 166bpm

view the big map with a meters above the sea level graph

I travelled on "Shimanami-Kaido" by bicycle. "Shimanami-Kaido" is the bridges which links Shikoku and Honshu. It grows six islands at seven bridges. This way is a highway, but the sidewalk and bicycle toad are added. "Shimanami-Kaido" has a total distance of 80 kilometers. I stayed for 1 day in Omishima Island and amused the scenic islands of the Seto Inland Sea. However, these bridges are one of the causes that deteriorated Japan's national finance.

I climbed Mt. Kinabalu(4095m) in Malaysia which wanted to go if I had a chance.
We went from Narita Airport to Kota Kinabalu.

On the next morning, we begun to climb from Timpon Gate(1866m).

The first day, we climbed the stepped mountain trail to a rest house of Laban Rata (3,272m).

On the second day, we aimed at Lows Peak(4095m) the top of the mountaintop leaving at 2:30 a.m.
From photographs of the mountaintop is a terrible rock peak, but a rope is set in the dangerous points and while it is still gloomy, there is not a sense of fear.

Tourists from various countries in the world turned their head lamps.
I saw a lot of Islam women wearing tudung (scarf).

Breathing is painful at that altitude, but my willpower continues somehow because the altitude of Mt. Fuji(3776m), a sharp south peak (3,921m), 4,000m ;
near aims approached sequentially.

It is a mountain you can climb in two days, but the high place has scenery which I cannot see from other mountains.