Formed a Trekking Circle

There are 20 people in our editorial department. We are the biggest department in our company, but our office is very quiet. We aren’t banned from talking, but everybody speaks little. It is because of the force of habit rather than our personalities. However most of my colleagues want to speak more at the office. Some of them said that they feel low when they don’t speak and stare at the computer screen all day. I sometimes feel low, too.

Because of this, I thought that if we commune with nature more, their spirits would rise. I asked some colleagues to form a trekking club, all of them liked the idea.

Yesterday, Our four members climbed Mt. Happu-san in Chichibu, Saitama prefecture. The mountain is only about 620 meters above sea level, so it is not hard to climb. However, two of the members, who are heavy smokers, were done in by the climbing. One of them said that his lungs were being cleaned by the fresh air.

We relaxed in a hot spring after climbing and enjoyed the beautiful colored leaves from the bath.
All members were for the plan that we will go again next month.