I have to say that had I known what was in front of me, I would never have done these two days! To get from 11 to 12 was about 12.8km BUT required a three massive consecutive climbs with no break in between. From temple 11 was a climb up to 600+m then down to 500m then back up to 800m then down again this time to 400m then back up to 700+m to temple 12 then another descent to our ryokan at what seemed like below sea level! It was supposed to be about 16km all up – but my iPhone recorded 22.3km.
Not feeling amused! This was a killer!
The next day was not as bad but slow – we had to do one small climb then the rest of the day on the flat but my legs were sore!
A lovey Japanese man gave us these bags of lollies and crackers – it was like Christmas!
Such amazing photos, Madeleine! I miss that ‘unamused’ look!
Very impressive climbs!