Minami Aizu hike & cycling

Report by Ryoko and Ajay: 
First of all, we would like to thank all the participants who joined us and
made this event a success especially Noda-san for helping us in organizing the cycling, Kurikin-san, Zmutt guesthouse people for their support and Nicolas, Mark for driving. 

On Saturday, 17th of July, morning most of us except two reach the meeting point (7/11 near Doho park) in time, and then we waited for the absentees for about 30 min. At 4:50 am we started from Tsukuba. 

We reached mountain roads in Minami-Aizu around 10:00 and at 11:30 am started the hiking. After a while it started raining, but it was fun to climb Nanatsugatake through the streams. The rain was getting stronger and trails were becoming slippery, which make us difficult to
reach the summit and we plan to climb down.  After check-in to the
guesthouse we visited an onsen.

After the showery hike and onsen we back to the guesthouse, where we met Noda-san and others who join us in the cycling event. It was really nice time and dinner was also delicious. 
In the cycling trip Noda-san lead us. All of us enjoyed cycling around
Minami Aizu, we stopped in the places where we find nice sceneries. Reached Ouchijukku and had lunch, after the cycle tour we visited an onsen, and back to Tsukuba (reached around 11:30 hrs)