Mt. Rokko
Tomorrow, I know that I will wake up and feel like an old lady...in fact, I all ready feel like an old lady! I hiked up Mt. Rokko today and it was tough!! I started at about 8:30 AM in the morning and was hiking until about 2:30 PM (up and down very steep hills and with many short breaks). Even in that amount of time, I did not reach the top of Mt. Rokko. This link describes the course I took well. The only inaccuracy is that this course is described as "easy." If this course is easy, I would hate to be the poor souls who are climbing the medium or even difficult courses! I am certainly not in athletic body shape, but when a course is listed as "easy" I do not expect to be constantly huffing and puffing and taking many (and more) breaks. Therefore, this course, in my opinion was medium-difficult. The first part was through a residential district up hill, then the path led into the woods and towards a waterfall and shrine area. There was an entrance are...