Omine Hike, Kii Mountain Range, Nara Prefecture, 06.-08.10.2007
- Day 1 -

Koji and I met at Yamato-Kamiichi station, about 1 1/2 hours by train from Osaka. Another two hours bus ride along beautiful mountain and river landscapes took us to Zenki-guchi, the starting point of our hike around noon, at a height of about 300 m. From here we first followed a small street up to Fudonanaenotaki falls and a bit later, at a hutch the street finally ended and the "real" hiking track began. It was rather foggy, so the view was not very impressive but on the other hand the fog gave the forest a pretty mysterious atmosphere. And it let us finally lose the track somewhere in an almost dried mountain river. As it was getting dark after about 6 hours hiking, we decided to put out tent right where we were and hike on the following day. We even found a big, flat rock to put our tent and had a nice outdoor dinner without being disturbed by the local bears (only the moscitos). Unfortunately, our camping rock was not horizontal but rather steep so we slipped down in our sleeping bags with every movement. Thus, we spent the night on a pretty cold and hard rock hardly moving at all. Not the most comfortable camping experience but surely kind of an adventure.

start - day 2 - day 3

0738_Koji_and_Markus	0739_Hikers_bus	0742_Dam	0744	0745
0746	0748	0749_Mini_hikers_bus	0750_Sign	0751
0752_Markus	0755	0756	0757	0762
0763_Bus_and_bridge	0764	0765	0766	0767
0768	0770_Hot_spring	0772_Sign	0773	0775_Tunnel
0776	0777_Markus	0778	0779	0779_Fudonanaenotaki_falls
0780_Fudonanaenotaki_falls	0782_Koji_and_Markus	0783_Fudonanaenotaki_falls	0784_Fudonanaenotaki_falls	0785
0787_Obaachan_group	0788_Tunnels	0789	0790	0791
0792_Old_bridge	0793_Old_bridge	0794_Koji_on_the_bridge	0795_Markus_on_the_bridge	0796_Markus_on_the_bridge
0797_Markus_on_the_bridge	0799	0800_Lizard	0803	0804
0806	0807	0808_The_group	0809	0810
0811	0812	0814	0816_Bridge	0817
0818	0819_Huge_frog	0822	0823_Koji_climbing	0826
0832	0834_Trail_mark	0835	0839	0841
0842	0843	0844	0845_Markus_on_the_rocks	0851
0852	0853_Lost	0855_Testing_campsite	0856_Dinner	0857_Dinner
0858_Dinner	0859_Dinner

Omine Hike, Kii Mountain Range, Nara Prefecture, 06.-08.10.2007- Day 1 -

Omine Hike, Kii Mountain Range, Nara Prefecture, 06.-08.10.2007
- Day 1 -