Hiking in Mount Tsukuba and feeling oneness with the earth.

2024-08-12 記
Topic: :日本四国徳島

It was a very good day for hiking. I hiked Mount Kensho normally, and near the summit, I felt a sense of oneness with the earth that I had never felt on other mountains. It's a simple statement, and the words are cliché, but the feeling was subtly different from before; it was a sense of oneness with the earth.

It felt as if it was spreading from the earth to the entire globe, although I couldn't specifically see the Earth, but rather, I had the feeling that it was expanding from here to the distance.

The distance is moderate, and it's easy to walk. It's a wonderful place where you can feel the Earth with a lightness that feels like you've become one with the earth.

On the way down, I slightly twisted my ankle at a fork in the road. Perhaps that was a sign or a warning. Afterwards, my feet slipped repeatedly and I twisted my ankle again on the other side of the fork. I thought something was wrong, and I realized that I had strayed from the normal hiking path and entered the Gojo's chain path. I passed two workers on the way. I walked a little, but I felt danger and turned back. There was a wall that looked like it was at a 70-degree angle, and I couldn't descend using this chain. I might have been able to do it when I was in better shape, but today feels like a dangerous day. If I broke my leg here, it would be difficult to rescue me. There was a rescue helicopter in the morning. I was using YAMAP to see the map, so I quickly realized that I was off course and was able to return. I can't let go of this.

After that, I went to the Kensho Legend Museum. Apparently, the Koritori (a type of rock formation) is now gone, and there was once a shrine where 1,000 people gathered for ceremonies. They want to revive it.

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