Simply Be Gone –  March 16, 2025

  • KumanoKodo: Day 2 / Nonaka to Hongu Taisha Shrine
  • Distance: 12.5mi 
  • Total mileage:  23.8 miles
  • Ascent:  2,117’ /Descent: 3,532’
  • Time: 7h (moving 6h)
  • Weather: 45-50° /  light rain and wind

It is hard to photograph the beauty of walking Kumano Kudo. The immensely straight and immensely tall cypress and cedar forest seem always at hands reach. The mountain slopes range 45-80°. Slip off the trail and you may easily roll out of sight and simply be gone.

Lethal drop off on left. Typical.
Immensely straight and tall cypress and cedar. Typical.
Barricade of trees. Typical.
Tree with flowers the size of my pinkie nail. Not typical.

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