11月2日 雨の中の記念すべき登頂 Commemorative mount climbing on November 2nd

１１月２日（日）

この連休、２年生の孫息子君、お星様が１００名山の５０個目を登頂することになり、何もかもお預けにして同行してきました。７歳にしてこの偉業は並ではない。よく父親の誘導に応えたのと、体がついて行くのと、今回も一緒に歩いてわかったけど、足が軽くて速い。父親は密かに、小学生の内に１００名山を踏破して大学に上がるまでにエベレストに挑戦して欲しいと思っている向きがある。今回、この記念すべき最初の区切りに立って、

彼にインタビューをしたところ、一番良かった山は富士山。苦しかった山は白馬だそう。彼なりにいろいろな思いを持って数々の山を登ってきたに違いない。今は登った数だけ仮面ライダーグッズが増えているようだが、これが何に変わるかこれからが興味深い。そして山の話みたいな小さな本が書けるといいなあ～。お星さま、ば～ばは応援してますよ。どうやら２歳の妹君のあ～たんも負けん気があって後に続きそうな気配なので今のうちにリードしておかなくてはね。ところで肝心の５０個目の山は伊吹山でしたが、生憎の雨で視界はゼロ。お花で美しい山であり、琵琶湖が見えてそれはそれは美しい眺望で名が知れているというのに。悲しいかな、瞼を閉じてそれを想像して見たことにして下山の巻でした。
During these holidays, I was with Shota's family having a big plan to commemorate his 50th mountain to climb out of 100 famous mountains in Japan. Shota is only 7 years old and he did this great achievement on November 2nd. His father induced his son wishing (I think) his future be full of challenging spirit and happy feeling of conquest. He has a secret hope that Shota may conquer 100 before finishing his primary school period and he wishes his son may challenge Mt.Everest before entering a university. What a magnificent dream! I had an interview with Shota to commemorate his remarkable achievement. I asked him which mountain is the most impressive. He answered it's Mt.Fuji, then he said the hardest one is Mr.Hakuba. He might have had various thoughts in his own way whenever he had a new challenge. He has been given the same number of the anime-characters'goods as the mountains he conquered up to now, but these goods will be changed. I'm interested to see how they will be changed. Eventually, I hope, he wants to write some stories concerning his challenging experiences. His little sister, 2 years old, is already active enough to overcome her brother.
Unfortunately it wasn't a good weather at all this time. We surely climbed the 50th one, Mt.Ibuki, but we couldn't see anything from its top. This mountain is famous for its beautiful scenery with many kinds of flowers and its nice view from the top which only remain in my memory.