Hotaka Scott 0 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 What: Dai 29 kai Karasawa Yamagoya Jyugyoin Ski Taikai , a.k.a. "The 29th Annual Get-Drunk-and-Ski-the-Next-Day Ski Competition Where: Karasawa Area (Nagano) When: June 17th and 18th, 2009 Unfortunately I wasn't able to take one of these home... ... but I did succeed in drinking - a lot . The festivities were held in the Karasawa Area, located in the Northern Alps.... The "competition" itself was held on the morning of the 18th, but the main event took place on the evening of the 17th.... (Photos taken after this point not suitable for young viewers, and therefore not posted) The morning of the 18th had a light rain but the competition proceeded as scheduled. The course was set.... The contestants lined up, and the skiing began.... There were skiers... .. snowboarders.. To Be Continued Link to post Share on other sites
Hotaka Scott 0 Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 Part II .. a few tele-ers (myself included).. .. a couple of sledders, and even a "runner".. And a good time was had by all, despite skiing hungover in the rain. O-wa-ri Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted June 19, 2009 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 19, 2009 Great to see snow again! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 looks like great conditions!! Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 That looks like a lot of fun! Link to post Share on other sites
pickled mushhead 0 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 If you can have fun skiing in the rain with a hangover it must have been good. Sweet! Honto no owari desu ka? Link to post Share on other sites
minus 1 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Excellent. How long did it take to get up there? Link to post Share on other sites
TheOriginalMyoko 0 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Is that a bunch of mates Hotaka? Nice to see some action. Link to post Share on other sites
Hotaka Scott 0 Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 Thanks guys. The group was mostly a bunch of people who work in the area, about half from the Kamikochi area. The walk in from there to Karasawa is about 6 hrs, but luckily I was starting out a bit closer and had a leisurely 20 min ski down; the hike back up the next day however was a different story. O-wa-ri for the TR but hopefully a couple more days of skiing is still to be had. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Are the indoors photos from that hut there in the pic? Link to post Share on other sites
Hotaka Scott 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 ^^^ There's actually 2 huts in the area. The one at the top of the course is Karasawa Goya . The one near the bottom is Karasawa Hutte , which is where dinner and drinks took place. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Looks fun Scott. You will just have to win next time! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Crunchy snow! Looks like fun though. Were you drunk driving? Link to post Share on other sites
Hotaka Scott 0 Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 ^^^ Luckily no driving involved, but that hangover the next day was something special. Simply making it through the day felt like an accomplishment. Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm bad at hangovers, there's no way I could go skiing with a serious hangover. I need to hibernate. Cheers for report Link to post Share on other sites
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