Kingofmyrrh

Nice pic Tson. Kuma I have been glaring at my maps lately, kind of fancy a 2-3 day trip, maybe hiking out towards Tsurugi from the start then working back to Murodo via Onanji. But with this blister I can't even walk to work it's ridiculous!

I want to go to Tateyama. Wish my blister would get better.

If you're referring to my flight, it most certainly was, but the snow was premiere corn.

It was that！

Originally Posted By: tsondaboy Here is King hitting a kicker. EPIC FAIL

Sleek...? Since a splitboard is a wannabe ski, why on earth would I do something insane like that!

I would probably stick with the gotes for the time being, they're not super heavy or anything and I quite like their shorter length specifically for picking my way through obstacle courses, and I'm just really comfortable on them in general, but I am 100% ready to swap the dukes and alpine boots for something a little sleeker, to say the least...

You could rephrase that to 2.5hrs to do 800m, as the first hour was so painfully slow... we were slipping around and I was a bit worried! I'm not that keen to hike Fuji outside of spring... I know it's unlikely to slide, but are there any safe zones on the other side? When I hiked it it was just basically one vast face. Also it would be a real slog to break trail in fresh snow, and the weather would be most unpleasant unless we got another sweet day like this time, although certainly not impossible. That webcam is Tateyama. I think I want to take things in that direction going forwar

Cool. I actually quite liked our route as we basically walked up the area we were going to ski so it was easy to check conditions. But it was probably one of the steeper approaches. Can you believe it, I do Fuji twice without any problem and then I get a blister on my heel doing a light jaunt at Kagura!?! I knew something felt a little sore but I never dreamed that the skin had actually ripped... hope it sorts itself out quickly! I was looking around for webcams... wonder how long this will last (taken now, may update itself every hour): Looks yummy.

Originally Posted By: tsondaboy We plan to try once more with the first snow in November. I am getting used more and more to skin up so by then I hope it wont be a problem. It took us 3.5 hours to skin up to about 3200 m from 5th station (2300 m), I am not sure how more it took the guys to reach the top from there, but from the communication we had I would say another 2.5-3 hours. Oh my god am I featured in this "we"? It's going to be a while before I feel like taking on that mountain again, at least with my current setup. Since I realised that I do enjoy the big hike I think I mi

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After a failure to summit on a previous solo effort (http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/268304#Post268304), I was determined to get to the top this time. To this end I recruited Dan and Tsondaboy as my companions for the second attempt. We also planned out a new route that would not involve the unnecessary 1,000m bonus vertical climb that I had taken on last time. Previous failed route New improved route We decided to leave the evening before in order to make as early a start as possible. Driving through Tokyo in the early evening was a p

Where will they be published? Congratulations mate.

let us not forget "cagoule"

From Nikkei: Orix To Sell Ski Gear Unit To Chinese Firm For Just Y2 TOKYO (Nikkei)--Orix Corp. (8591) has decided to sell wholly owned skiwear manufacturer Phenix Co. to China Dongxiang (Group) Co. for only 2 yen. Orix supported Phenix's rehabilitation efforts over the last few years as the backer designated by the old Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan. But with skiing on the decline in the Japanese market, Orix has concluded that Phenix will be impossible to rebuild while that unit is focused on Japan. So it has decided to let the Chinese firm take Phenix over virtually fr

Looks magic, really does.

Originally Posted By: Fattwins Okemo and I !!! Nice shot from Chuckles! True Bromance!

You're sleeping in the woodshed!

Yeah sure. I sent all my stuff up there and told FT we need beds so we are ready to go!

Nice panorama shot, good to see your TRs back on SJ!

Tsonda, I have a colleague (female, no, not like that) who is interested in joining us at Fuji next week. She is a strong skier (I'm quite sure better than me) and has some backcountry experience (relatively limited). She's not exactly the weak type and I am sure she could manage the route we are thinking of. How would you feel about her coming along? I haven't mentioned it to her yet so refusal is fine.

But you know he can get there cheaper than other people living in Toyama through some weird hook up or other.

He has discount vouchers and hook ups for everything anyway

10 thou just for one lift ride in the ropeway? That's nuts... but let's face it, I'm gonna do it anyway...

Really? Well maybe I should just charge ahead then. Lately I've been reviewing quite a lot of Toque's old reports. I figure I'm going to climb them anyway so why not do it with skis on me? Just got to find the easier lines to start with, some of the stuff he did is clearly a little beyond my limits... Did you see that Google Maps now has a topo map option? Not as good for detailed stuff but really pretty sweet considering it's free.