Mount Kinka Speed-Hiking

Yesterday I hiked up Mount Kinka in Gifu again. Two weeks ago I hiked up with a friend, but we took our time (went slowly). This time I wanted to try to do it faster.

HIKING LOG:

1:00pm: Finish teaching Bera-Bera class. It was really fun, so I`m in a good mood & motivated to climb Mount Kinka again.

1:10: Chat with my wonderful boss, Akemi:

A: Bye, Otto. Are you going home now?
O: No, I`m going to hike up Mount Kinka
A: Oh, that`s nice.
O: Yes, I went up with a friend 2 weeks ago but we took our time, so I thought, well, I`d like to try it again, but faster, so...

1:30: ...and that`s the reason East Timor is mostly Catholic. Wow - is that the time? I gotta go - Seeya!
A: [sound of snoring]

2:00: Reach foot of Kinka, Nana-Magari (7 tuna???) trail

2:25: Reach the castle at the top. Raise hands, do Rocky impression. Take a photo of the castle. Take a rest.

2:30: That`s enough! Speed-hiking! Come on! Start back down.

2:50: Reach bottom. Try to say "konnichiwa" to an old lady. Sounds like "keeeer-urgh!". Difficult to breathe...

2.55: Think about catching a bus back into town. No! Speed-hiking! Come on!

3:20: Arrive back at Gifu city centre.

I think I can`t do this course any faster without running, and I don`t want to do that.

...well, not alone. If you`re interested in running up Mount Kinka with me, please let me know! Super-speed-hiking! Come on!

You are so energetic! Give me some your energy. By the way,the birds in the picture looks like orange birds that I saw in a bare tree at lunchtime in the government offices district in Nagoya.They were varied tits,weren't they?