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Ricoh GR Digital - Climbing Review
From a certain perspective, the Ricoh GRD was seemingly made for mountaineers. The fixed 28mm and 21mm add-on lenses are ideal for landscapes and the camera is incredibly compact. In fact, it’s not a stretch to call the Ricoh GRD (and GRD-II) as well as the GX100/GX200 some of the most compact wide-angle cameras on the market. My first mountain trip with the Ricoh GRD was up Mt. Fuji in Japan, where I also took my Fuji GA645wi. The Ricoh performed wonderfully, but since Mt. Fuji can’t really be considered more than a hike, it wasn’t until I got back to mountaineering in Switzerland that I could get a feeling for how the GRD performs in a mountain touring environment, which is the focus of this article.
Lazy Tokyo Weekend - Mt. Fuji
Mt. Fuji, Fuji-san is possibly the easiest and most awestruck climbs I’ve ever done. A winter ascent up the iced face might warrant crampons and axes, but a summer/fall experience falls into the hiking category. The pathway is wide and primarily maintained with heavy machinery, and during the official climbing season, you can buy food and drinks along the way. I climbed Fuji-san the third weekend of September, just after the close of the official climbing window of July 1 to August 27. I’d been in Tokyo for about two weeks and my body and soul were screaming from some escape from the manic metros and crowded Shibuya streets.
Lazy Swiss Saturday
For one of those weekends when you don’t know what to do with yourself, here’s my suggestion:
1) Wake up at 5 am, let the alarm go until 5:15, think about it again, and then get out of bed.
2) Find your way to the main train station in Zurich and take the 6:12 train to Ziegelbrücke. [...]
