Jan Climbs Mount Kinpu for the Second Time


On August 3, Andrew, Kaoru, Mike and I went to revenge my 2005 climb of Mount Kinpu.	Mount Kinpu is one of the "100 Famous Japanese Mountains", which is a list compiled by by mountaineer/author Kyūya Fukada and later made popular by Crown Prince Naruhito.

In 2005, we approached the mountain from Oodarumi, which is located approximately 1 hour by taxi from Enzan JR Station (塩山駅) in Yamanashi Prefecture.	Oodarumi is located at an altitude of 2,360 meters, which makes for a relatively easy climb up to Mount Kinpu (2,598 meters).

From Mount Kinpu, we then descended to Mizugakisansou(瑞牆山荘), which is located at an altitude of 1,520 meters.	In 2005, we therefore had a relatively easy ascent and a tough descent, which I felt in my knees for 2 weeks afterwards.