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Sad news, Dave & Andrew, but wish the best for you. Thanks for a lot of fun and entertainment over the years and apologies for not contributing more myself. And regards and best to all the forums characters out there. If you see a scruffy old fart with short white hair in a Tokyo bar (especially the Naka Meg Taproom) some evening, or an inept skier with an orange or yellow (not sure which it'll be this season) jacket and bright blue pants, and probably a red mountain hardware cap, yell ``SJ''
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Jackets and Pants
Slippery Jim replied to provide's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
10k is waterproof, but 10k ``breathability'' is pretty low. just as important is the DWR (durable water-resistant) coating on the outer fabric. You can be dry on the inside, but if the outer fabric is soaking up water you're not going to be very comfortable. There's a couple of terrific essays on outerwear you can find at the blistergear review site, which will tell you more than you really want to know. the 201is the more useful, the 101 is very techie about the relative performance of various waterproof membranes like Gore-tex, eVent, etc. -
Hotel Villa Fontaine chain has inns in Jimbocho & Otemachi (actually the Jimbocho side of Otemachi) both in the ski/outdoor/sports shopping district, plenty of neat little eating venues. think you can book through either the hotels dot c or booking dot c websites. Places are clean, inexpensive businessman-type lodging. Couple of places in the Central chain around Kanda station (again, near the ski shopping) including New Central, same booking options or search in the Kanda district on google maps. SunRoute is always a decent choice, several choices from that chain in Tokyo. All depends on
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Make Me Laugh...Please..!
Slippery Jim replied to Chriselle's topic in General off-topic discussions
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Yen
Slippery Jim replied to seemore's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
I've got a family/friends visit to NY next month won't be doing any heavy duty shopping. -
Make Me Laugh...Please..!
Slippery Jim replied to Chriselle's topic in General off-topic discussions
Your turn for some good times coming, Snowhuntress. Ride it out and things will get better. -
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Dancing after midnight... it was banned?!?
Slippery Jim replied to grungy-gonads's topic in General off-topic discussions
Everybody cut, everybody cut cut, everybody cut footloose! -
Earn your turns
Slippery Jim replied to SKI's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
I'm giving some thought to gearing up and taking a shot at back country, not because of any ``earn your turns'' nonsense but due to the overcrowding at Hokkaido resorts that's making it more and more difficult to get the goods. -
Help needed for Blokey things to do in Tokyo
Slippery Jim replied to onehunga's topic in General off-topic discussions
Put'em on the Yamanote with a couple of cases of Kirin and instruction to keep riding until the beer's all gone