In a strange bout of health enthusiasm, we decided to spend this Sunday up a mountain. Even on the way there in the car we were a little unsure about how exactly we had ended up in this situation, and even more so when only 20 minutes into the climb, we hit a bit that was pretty much vertical.
So we took a quick break to play with the spring water.
But with much huffing and puffing we made it up. After all we had the motivation of a big picnic when we got to the top, so we managed to keep going.
JTB was of course annoyingly not out of breath and had a distinct lack of sweat. Maybe we shall not be taking him again. 
The excitement caused by finding out we were almost at the bottom and would soon be in an onsen.