{"id":2885,"date":"2019-05-28T03:19:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T18:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2019-05-28\/2885"},"modified":"2019-05-28T03:19:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T18:19:36","slug":"my-second-longest-ride-304km-adventure-with-gorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2019-05-28\/2885","title":{"rendered":"My Second-Longest Ride: 304km Adventure with Gorm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic'>\n<iframe  height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2377189855\/embed\/0a2022ff4d7814f6189f20513802cabe6f34656a'><\/iframe>\n<br\/>\n<span class='caption'>My Latest Ride<\/span>\n<br\/>304km (189mi) with 3,596m (11,798') of climb\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I haven't done a whole lot of riding since last fall, and in particular over the last month or so have been beset on and off by\n<span class='nobr'>a persistent<\/span> throat infection, so <span class='nobr'>I probably<\/span> bit off more than <span\nclass='nobr'>I could<\/span> chew with <span class='nobr'>a 300km<\/span> ride with Gorm, but while he's in town <span\nclass='nobr'>I want<\/span> to take the opportunity for such epic adventures.<\/p>\n\n<p>The ostensible goal of the ride was to visit <span class='nobr'>a mountain<\/span> area of Gifu Prefecture known as <span\nclass='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a href='https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/1fhYyWBa9GNkjNpD6'>Machu Picchu of Gifu<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>,\ndue to <span class='nobr'>a view<\/span> of it that calls to mind the famous Machu Picchu of Peru.<\/p>\n\n<p>(I can't remember <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Machu Picchu<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, so it's somehow morphed to <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Pikachu<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> in my head.)<\/p>\n\n<p>The simplest route would get us there and back in less than 250km (150mi), but we had other plans.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21222\" href='\/i\/JF100_21222.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21222_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21222\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 50mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.7, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21222.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21222.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Gorm Arrives for our Departure<\/span>\n<br\/>5:25am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21222.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21224\" href='\/i\/JF100_21224.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21224_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21224\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21224.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21224.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Empty Streets<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21224.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>We popped over the mountains to Lake Biwa (the largest lake in Japan, introduced four years ago in\n<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2015-06-14\/2586'>Bicycle Ride Around Japan\u2019s Largest Lake<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>), and\nkept <span class='nobr'>a steady<\/span> pace along the lake for the 60km to the mountains at its north.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21225\" href='\/i\/JF100_21225.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21225_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21225\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21225.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21225.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Heading North<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21225.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21230\" href='\/i\/JF100_21230.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21230_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21230\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21230.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21230.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Gorm<\/span>\n<br\/>taken at 33 kph (21 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21230.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21234\" href='\/i\/JF100_21234.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21234_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"331\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21234\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21234.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21234.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Passing By<\/span>\n<br\/>the Shirohige Shrine Gate\n<br\/>two hours in; taken at 34 kph (21 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21234.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>This shrine gate was first featured on my blog more than 10 years ago, in <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a class='pt'\nhref='\/blog\/2009-02-12\/1143'>Main Gate of the Shirohige Shrine<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> and also as the\nsubject of the example photos in <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a class='pt'\nhref='\/blog\/2009-02-28\/1154'>Overexposure and Underexposure, and the Compensation Thereof<\/a><span\nclass='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>. <span class='nobr'>It's a bit<\/span> special to me now as <span class='nobr'>a cyclist<\/span> because\nit was the destination for my first 100+km ride four years ago, as <a href='\/blog\/2015-04-26\/2562'>seen here<\/a>,\nwhich Gorm also joined on.<\/p>\n\n<p>Today, we barely slowed down as we passed, along the way to Gorm's first 300+km ride. (My longest ride is <a\nhref='\/blog\/2017-11-05\/2833'>408km \/ 254mi double loop around the lake<\/a>; today's ride would become my\nsecond-longest).<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21238\" href='\/i\/JF100_21238.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21238_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"289\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21238\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21238.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21238.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lovely Views<\/span>\n<br\/>a common theme for rides in this area\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21238.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21241\" href='\/i\/JF100_21241.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21241_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21241\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21241.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21241.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>A Lakeside<\/span> Shrine Gate<\/span>\n<br\/>that I had never noticed before\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21241.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21244\" href='\/i\/JF100_21244.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21244_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21244\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21244.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21244.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Riding Through Makino<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21244.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21249\" href='\/i\/JF100_21249.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21249_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21249\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21249.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21249.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Back in the Mountains<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21249.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21260\" href='\/i\/JF100_21260.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21260_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21260\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21260.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21260.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Farming Valley<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21260.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21261\" href='\/i\/JF100_21261.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21261_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"414\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21261\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 52mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21261.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21261.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21261.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21262\" href='\/i\/JF100_21262.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21262_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21262\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 44mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21262.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21262.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21262.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21267\" href='\/i\/JF100_21267.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21267_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21267\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21267.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21267.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>First Destination Climb of the Day<\/span>\n<br\/>3&frac12; hours in\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21267.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>In researching areas for the route &mdash; research that took much longer than the ride itself &mdash; <span class='nobr'>I found<\/span> what looked to be\n<a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/20613784'><span class='nobr'>a lovely<\/span> climb (4km \/2.4mi at 7%)<\/a> that for some reason had only <span class='nobr'>a handful<\/span> of\nregistered attempts on Strava. Indeed, it was lovely.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21272\" href='\/i\/JF100_21272.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21272_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21272\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21272.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21272.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21272.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21280\" href='\/i\/JF100_21280.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21280_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21280\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 25mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21280.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21280.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Dangerous Grating<\/span>\n<br\/>(not so lovely; need to take extreme care on the descent)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21280.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21284\" href='\/i\/JF100_21284.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21284_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21284\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21284.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21284.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Gorm Waiting at the Top<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21284.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Without trying hard or even knowing how long the climb was, Gorm missed the KOM by just five seconds. <span class='nobr'>We still<\/span> had <span class='nobr'>a very<\/span> long\nday ahead, so it was prudent to pace ourselves, but it makes one want to return to give it an earnest effort.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic wide tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21297\" href='\/i\/JF100_21297.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21297_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21297\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21297.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21297.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Good Spirits<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21297.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>We descended into yet another fertile valley...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21299\" href='\/i\/JF100_21299.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21299_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21299\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21299.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21299.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Preparing the Rice Paddy<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21299.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21305\" href='\/i\/JF100_21305.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21305_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21305\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21305.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21305.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Approaching the Kusaoka Shrine<\/span>\n<br\/>\u8349\u5ca1\u795e\u793e\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21305.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Part of the day's agenda was to visit the Kusaoka Shrine <span class='nobr'>(\u8349\u5ca1\u795e\u793e),<\/span> the shrine owned by the family of <span class='nobr'>a friend.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I had been<\/span> here two weeks\nearlier to photograph <span class='nobr'>a wedding,<\/span> so had promised to stop by on my bicycle some time.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21308\" href='\/i\/JF100_21308.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21308_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21308\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21308.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21308.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Towering Trees<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21308.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21309\" href='\/i\/JF100_21309.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21309_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21309\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 54mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21309.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21309.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21309.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21342\" href='\/i\/JF100_21342.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21342_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21342\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 25mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21342.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21342.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21342.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>After a short visit, we took a detour to Yogo Lake, which looked just lovely in my research. <span class='nobr'>It did not<\/span> disappoint.\nA <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/20614062'>loop around it<\/a> took about 11 minutes.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21366\" href='\/i\/JF100_21366.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21366_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21366\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21366.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21366.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Starting Around Yogo Lake<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21366.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21371\" href='\/i\/JF100_21371.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21371_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21371\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 46mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21371.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21371.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21371.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21374\" href='\/i\/JF100_21374.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21374_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21374\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21374.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21374.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Small Village<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21374.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21382\" href='\/i\/JF100_21382.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21382_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21382\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21382.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21382.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Just <i>Lovely<\/i><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21382.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21384\" href='\/i\/JF100_21384.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21384_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21384\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21384.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21384.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21384.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21388\" href='\/i\/JF100_21388.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21388_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21388\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21388.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21388.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Half Way Around<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21388.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>We actually went around it twice. <span class='nobr'>The first<\/span> time, not knowing just how lovely it would be, we gave it somewhatg of an earnest effort, and ended up with\nthe #6-best effort on <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/20614062'>the loop segment<\/a> (though bumped down considerably when <span class='nobr'>a group<\/span> of\nfive guys did <span class='nobr'>a team<\/span> effort yesterday). <span class='nobr'>We could<\/span> have gone quite <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> faster if we didn't have another 200km of ride in front of us.<\/p>\n\n<p>It was so lovely, though, that we decided to do it again for enjoyment and photos.<\/p>\n\n<p>I'd noticed a restaurant near the end of the loop, so we stopped in there for lunch.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21395\" href='\/i\/JF100_21395.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21395_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21395\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21395.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21395.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Stop for Lunch<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21395.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21391\" href='\/i\/JF100_21391.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21391_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21391\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21391.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21391.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Well-Earned Ice Coffee<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21391.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21394\" href='\/i\/JF100_21394.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21394_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21394\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>80 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21394.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21394.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Chicken-Nugget Lunch for Two<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21394.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>We stopped for almost an hour, which was way <i>way<\/i> too long, but it was certainly enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21358\" href='\/i\/JF100_21358.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21358_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21358\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21358.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21358.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Takin' it Easy<\/span>\n<br\/>it took a while to figure out whether it was real; it was\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21358.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Now we had a short 25km and a couple of small climbs to get to the start of the big climb of the day...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21400\" href='\/i\/JF100_21400.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21400_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21400\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21400.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21400.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lovely Rural Area<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21400.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21411\" href='\/i\/JF100_21411.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21411_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21411\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21411.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21411.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21411.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21420\" href='\/i\/JF100_21420.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21420_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21420\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21420.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21420.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>At the Top<\/span>\n<br\/>of one of the short climbs\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21420.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21422\" href='\/i\/JF100_21422.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21422_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21422\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>60 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 1000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21422.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21422.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Old Tunnel<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21422.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21431\" href='\/i\/JF100_21431.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21431_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"406\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21431\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21431.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21431.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Last Rest Before the Big Climb<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21431.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-15'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The main climb of the day was the <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/4349554'>eastern approach to Kunimi Pass<\/a>.\n<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Kunimi<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> <span class='nobr'>(\u56fd\u898b)<\/span> in this case means <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Kingdom View<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, and indeed we were treated with sweeping views that <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> like this\ndoes no justice:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21441\" href='\/i\/JF100_21441.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21441_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21441\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21441.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21441.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21441.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>After almost an hour of slow, hot (but visually stunning) slog, we arrived at the top:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21453\" href='\/i\/JF100_21453.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21453_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21453\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21453.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21453.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Halfway Point: Kunimi Pass<\/span>\n<br\/>8&frac12; hours into the ride; only 150km remains until home\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21453.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>This was followed by more than 10 minutes of lovely descent, plummeting down the other side of the mountain.<\/p>\n\n<p>Just before we were to rejoin civilization at <span class='nobr'>a main<\/span> road, we were suddenly stopped by an elderdly construction worker blocking\nthe road, saying that the road was closed and that we would have to go back. This was an extremely unappealing proposition for us, as it\nwould me that we would have to make an hour's climb back to the top, retracing our steps for hours in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n\n<p>Bicycles and pedestrians can often get by road damage that cars can't, so <span class='nobr'>I wanted<\/span> to investigate the nature of the closure. <span class='nobr'>The old man<\/span>\nwas adamant, though, that <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>it had been decided<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> that no one should pass. <span class='nobr'>I was persistent<\/span>, and eventually could peek around <span class='nobr'>a curve<\/span> in the road\nto see that the road was completely open; it was closed due to <span class='nobr'>a worry<\/span> that some unstable rocks might fall onto it.<\/p>\n\n<p>I was willing to take the risk for the one second it would take to pass the area in question, and so told the guy that <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> sorry that I'd be making\ntrouble for him, but that <span class='nobr'>I would<\/span> accept my own responsibility and proceed. <span class='nobr'>He kept saying<\/span> <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>but it's been decided!<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, but he can't physically stop\nme as he's not <span class='nobr'>a police<\/span> officer, so Gorm and <span class='nobr'>I proceeded.<\/span> Indeed we did not die during the one second it took to pass, and as we passed the guard\non the other side, <span class='nobr'>I yelled<\/span> out farther apologizes.<\/p>\n\n<p>I feel bad for the guy, just doing his job, but he was given <span class='nobr'>a ridiculous<\/span> job.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21458\" href='\/i\/JF100_21458.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21458_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21458\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21458.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21458.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Back in Civilization<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21458.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>With renewed energy we proceeded toward the steep climb that leads to the <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Machu Picchu<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> view. <span class='nobr'>The initial<\/span> climb to the village itself is <span class='nobr'>a lovely<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/20616657'>1.9km @ 9.2%<\/a> through tea fields.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21460\" href='\/i\/JF100_21460.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21460_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21460\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21460.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21460.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Steep<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21460.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21461\" href='\/i\/JF100_21461.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21461_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21461\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21461.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21461.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Steep Selfie<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21461.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i142828\" href='\/i\/IMG_20190516_142828.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/IMG_20190516_142828_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i20190516_142828\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">VTR-L29 at an effective 27mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>730 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 50 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FIMG_20190516_142828.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/IMG_20190516_142828.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Gorm Kipperberg<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/IMG_20190516_142828.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i1\" href='\/i\/IMG_20190516_142858_1.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/IMG_20190516_142858_1_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i20190516_142858_1\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">VTR-L29 at an effective 27mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>750 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 160 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FIMG_20190516_142858_1.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/IMG_20190516_142858_1.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Me<\/span>\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Gorm Kipperberg<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/IMG_20190516_142858_1.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I was quite the stylish sight. \ud83d\ude42  My tonsils seem to be extremely sensitive to temperature and pollution, so <span class='nobr'>I have<\/span> learned\nthat wearing <span class='nobr'>a mask<\/span> makes things much better. Without it, <span class='nobr'>I invariably<\/span> come down with <span class='nobr'>a cold<\/span> the next day.<\/p>\n\n<p>I was also wearing long sleeves and leggings (Under Armour Heatgear) so that <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span> have to deal with sun lotion.<\/p>\n\n<p>Once one reaches the village after the steep climb, it seems that one can hike for 15 minutes to get to the <span\nclass='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Machu Picchu<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> view back down to the village, but in my research <span\nclass='nobr'>I found<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a small<\/span> road that looked to curve around from the top, so <span\nclass='nobr'>I thought<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I might<\/span> be able to ride to the view. That adds an extra <a\nhref='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/20628854'>1.5km at an even steeper 11.1%<\/a>, until the road turns gravel:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21472\" href='\/i\/JF100_21472.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21472_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21472\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21472.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21472.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>End of the (Paved) Road<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21472.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I thought that we might get the nice view by continuing on the gravel for <span class='nobr'>a while,<\/span> but it didn't work out.... the best we got was to some\nbig valley elsewhere:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21474\" href='\/i\/JF100_21474.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21474_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21474\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21474.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21474.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Not the View We Hoped For<\/span>\n<br\/>but still nice\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21474.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21479\" href='\/i\/JF100_21479.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21479_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21479\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21479.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21479.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Back in the Village<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21479.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>At this point we'd done 170km (105mi) over almost 10 hours, and now it was time to head home. There was just one final mountain in the way...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21484\" href='\/i\/JF100_21484.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21484_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21484\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21484.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21484.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Entering the Final Climb<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21484.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The final climb is more than 12km (7&frac12;mi) of gradually-steepening back mountain road. <span class='nobr'>The final<\/span> kilometer averages 9%.<\/p>\n\n<p>This road, too, was not without its challenges. Half an hour in, we come across <span class='nobr'>a sudden<\/span> unannounced road closure:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21487\" href='\/i\/JF100_21487.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21487_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21487\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21487.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21487.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Blocked-Off Road<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21487.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21490\" href='\/i\/JF100_21490.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21490_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21490\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21490.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21490.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Not Closed to Bicycles<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21490.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The soil under parts of the road was washed out, so it certainly wasn't safe for cars, but it was fine for bicycles keeping to one side.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then I got my first flat tire in more than two years.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i161527\" href='\/i\/IMG_20190516_161527.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/IMG_20190516_161527_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i20190516_161527\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">VTR-L29 at an effective 27mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>120 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FIMG_20190516_161527.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/IMG_20190516_161527.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Fixing <span class='nobr'>a Flat<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>My first in over two years, but it's like riding <span class='nobr'>a bike.<\/span>..\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Gorm Kipperberg<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/IMG_20190516_161527.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I used to get flat tires all the time, but that stopped when <span class='nobr'>I switched<\/span> to\nContinental Gatorback tires, and after that switch <span class='nobr'>I went<\/span> for 11,000 tire kilometers until <span class='nobr'>I got<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a pinch<\/span> flat two years ago on\n<a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/975364191'>this ride<\/a>. <span class='nobr'>One gets a<\/span> pinch flat when they don't have enough tire pressure for\nthe conditions, and that's exactly what happened today. <span class='nobr'>I probably<\/span> should have checked the tire pressure before heading out on <span class='nobr'>a 300km<\/span> ride. Doh!<\/p>\n\n<p>I've gone almost 23,000 tire kilometers since the previous flat. Not bad. That's two flats, due to my own stupid fault, in almost 21,000 tire miles. <span class='nobr'>Not bad indeed<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p>What <i>was<\/i> bad was my spare tube. <span class='nobr'>I used to<\/span> always bring two spare tubes, but after 1&frac12;\nyears of no flats, <span class='nobr'>I switched<\/span> to carrying just <span class='nobr'>a single<\/span> spare, and it turns out that this single spare\nhad <span class='nobr'>a manufacturing<\/span> defect. Doh!<\/p>\n\n<p>Thankfully Gorm had two spares, so <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span> have to resort to patching <span class='nobr'>a broken<\/span> tube.<\/p>\n\n<p>My tire pump then broke.<\/p>\n\n<p>I'd not needed it for years for myself, but had used it plenty in helping others, so I'm not sure why it decided to die now, but\nhad Gorm not been there, <span class='nobr'>I would<\/span> have been stranded. <span class='nobr'>I used his<\/span> pump to pump up his tube in my tire.<\/p>\n\n<p>Now I was paranoid about another pinch flat, as it's difficult to get really high pressure with these small hand pumps. <span class='nobr'>I took it<\/span> slowly\nand carefully up, then down the other mostly-bumpy side.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i165218\" href='\/i\/IMG_20190516_165218.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/IMG_20190516_165218_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i20190516_165218\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">VTR-L29 at an effective 27mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>120 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 160 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FIMG_20190516_165218.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/IMG_20190516_165218.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Passing the Barrier<\/span>\n<br\/>leading from the other direction\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Gorm Kipperberg<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/IMG_20190516_165218.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21502\" href='\/i\/JF100_21502.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21502_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21502\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21502.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21502.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lovely New Tarmac<\/span>\n<br\/>though the road surface for most of the descent was, unfortunately, lunar\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21502.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>We descended into the historic city of Sekigahara. <span class='nobr'>I'd intended<\/span> to stop by the site of <a\nhref='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Sekigahara'>The Battle of Sekigahara<\/a>, which 420 years ago set Japan on the path\nto being <span class='nobr'>a single<\/span> political unit instead of <span class='nobr'>a collection<\/span> of warring kingdoms,\nbut instead <span class='nobr'>I stopped<\/span> by <span class='nobr'>a bike<\/span> stop to fill my tire properly, and to buy\nanother spare tube.<\/p>\n\n<p>10km of rolling hills later, we stopped for dinner, but it turns out that we were both slightly nauseous, so we barely\nate anything.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21506\" href='\/i\/JF100_21506.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21506_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21506\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21506.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21506.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Wasted Dinner<\/span>\n<br\/>13 hours and 210km (130mi) into the ride\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21506.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Once we left at about 6:30pm, we had about 92km of mostly-flat lakeside road between us and home, so we put the pedal to the metal.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i21507\" href='\/i\/JF100_21507.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_21507_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i21507\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_21507.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_21507.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Back at Lake Biwa<\/span>\n<br\/>last light\n<br\/>7:02pm &mdash; taken at 33 kph (21 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_21507.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Our average speed during the last few hours, mostly in the dark, was faster than during the first few hours. <span class='nobr'>We wanted<\/span> to get home.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i214724\" href='\/i\/IMG_20190516_214724.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/IMG_20190516_214724_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i20190516_214724\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">VTR-L29 at an effective 27mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>4 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FIMG_20190516_214724.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/IMG_20190516_214724.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Last Few Hours<\/span>\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Gorm Kipperberg<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/IMG_20190516_214724.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Gorm Kipperberg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2019-05-16'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Unfortunately, I got another flat with about an hour to go. <span class='nobr'>It turns<\/span> out that the tube I'd gotten from Gorm also had <span class='nobr'>a manufacturing<\/span> defect,\nand the rubber had slowly separated from the stem. <span class='nobr'>I switched<\/span> to the tube I'd bought, and we could finally head home.<\/p>\n\n<p>I arrived at home at 11pm, 17&frac12; 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