After leaving the summit of 三ノ塔(san-no-tou), the climb coursed along the mountain ridge. In the distance, we could see hikers making their way down, then back up to the second mountain peak.
Mountain hut in the distance and hikers mid-frame:
As mentioned yesterday, this section of the climb became much harder, as we encountered ladders and chains along the route.
cutenekko finishes climbing down a ladder:
A rock wall, with climbers descending using chains:
Soon after, we made it to our second peak, whose kanji I cannot read nor recall at this time. (I'll update the post tomorrow with the kanji/ English). My finger points to the location on the map. By this point, we had traveled about 4 kilometers.
Our route, marked in red from 三ノ塔(san-no-tou), to our current location:
A route marker, noting 2.3 kilometers to go:
From this point, we climbed further, to finally reach the peak of 新大日(shin-dai-nichi), which has an elevation of 1,340 meters (=4,396 feet). I was tired by this point, so we took photos, rested for about 10 minutes, then continued on, as the last segment would be the longest -- climbing from 新大日(shin-dai-nichi) to the summit, 塔ノ岳(tou-no-dake).
The summit of 新大日(shin-dai-nichi):
Route marker from 新大日(shin-dai-nichi) to our goal:
I'll post photos from the last part of our climb tomorrow. I hope you'll visit again! ^_^
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