Iwate -ken Hachimantai　八幡平　1613m No. 11

We set off to "climb" Hachimantai first thing in the morning after Iwatesan. The reason I say "climb" is because this is one pathetic excuse for a mountain and I have no idea why it was included in the Hyakumeizan. I knew it wasn't going to take too much effort to get to the top of this one but really I had no idea just how easy. upon arriving in the car park to find hoards of people getting ready to hike, some wearing full climbing gear and backpacks, others in regular urban clothing. If theres anything I've learn't from previous climbs is that you should never treat any mountain lightly. So I took ample drink and food this time. Well it turns out that this one could be treated very lightly. The entire climb took 17 minuets from car park to summit.

Haruna crossing one of the most difficult sections of the climb.
A grueling relentless 20cm gap in the dangerously exposed concrete path. Many climbers have compared this section to the kumbu ice fall at Everest.

I said to Haruna as we started up the steps for the start of the climb "i bet there is a concrete path all the way to the top, half joking. Well sure enough I was right.

The only kinda nice part of the climb.

At the top there was no view at all, just a few trees. They even built a look out at the top which made it a few meters higher to try and get a better view. We quickly took the necessary summit pole photos giving the thumbs down and made our way back down in disgust. Well at least it was one more ticked off the list.

2 thumbs way down. booooo!