ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Well done mate is there some club you can claim to be in if you summit all Hokkaido peaks? Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 so ive hurt my knee, i have a tomamu voucher from the snowjapan giveaway that i dont think ill be able to use in the next 10 days so if anyone wants it and theyre in rusutsu i can pass it along. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted February 16, 2014 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted February 16, 2014 I saw your mail and just about the respond. Please send back to us and we will send to someone else. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 yep will do. Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 The other 'niseko' without the bogans. Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 been off with a bum knee (not that ive missed any epic powder days) but finally able to walk again so i summited iwanai after scouting it last week. considering most of the known bc spots in the area are tracked out, i was quite surprised how good it was here. lots of lines with great snow around if you want it. only saw a few locals around. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Nice Oz looked good I have been moving slushies around when you can find fresh turns When you going home? Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 i fly out tomorrow but not home. the adventure continues... Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 where you going and where are you from (parents originally)? Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 going to israel for a few weeks. chinese (wish they were japanese!) Link to post Share on other sites
u-tan 2 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I just read through this whole thread. You, Mr. Ozsnowbum are a beast and a machine. Hats off sir. Thanks for taking the time to upload all the pics and details so lazy gits like me can tag along on your epic journey from our living rooms. Those Rishiri videos were intense. Stay safe and stoked. Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Thanks mate. out of the 30 days I rode, 12 were in resort, 18 in the backcountry. I didnt breakeven on my kwinterpass (I used it 9 times and not full days either), the last season pass I ever buy. I guess I got my moneys worth by hanging out in the the rusutsu hotel most nights Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 some costs for those interested. all in AUD car hire $2910 guiding $1500 petrol $700 (4500kms driven) tolls $200 guess will see tonight. lift tickets $780 food $1300 Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 tolls ended up being $220. Return Ferry to Rishiri was $300. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Wow you were driving pretty fast Thanks for the thread mate great reading Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Just spent 2 weeks in greenland. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Great Oz looks like fun just one question who carried the skis and board when you had the crampons on or did you haul them up a rope? Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 That looks awesome. What a great way to spend two weeks. Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Great Oz looks like fun just one question who carried the skis and board when you had the crampons on or did you haul them up a rope? we carried them on our back or stashed them if we were just going for the summit Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 I was fortunate enough to be part of a 6 person team with Matt Spenceley Guiding. I was the only Splitboarder and had the least climbing experience (none). Day 1. We flew from Reykjavik to the tiny airport in Kulusuk. Good views flying in, lots of broken sea ice. Stacked our gear onto a snowmobile and walked 30 minutes into the village (population 250) to our house for the night. Houses in this village do not have running water, nor toilets. Its a different way of life for sure. A polar bear was killed this year in the village. Did a bit of Avy practice and saw the local kids playing in the snow. Kulusuk is the island at the bottom right, Apusiaajik Island is north east of it. It was mind blowing trying to wrap my head around how vast Greenland actually is. Day 2. Woke up at 6am to 120kmh winds. Did some crevasse rescue practice and talked about the trip. Polar bears are a serious issue so we must carry a rifle and shotgun and flares. Trip wires will be setup around the camp every night and we are planning on taking a couple of dogs too. Weather forecast is pretty bad and the weather will turn out to be horrible for most of the trip. A very weird season with warm temps and rain. Day 3. Weather calmer. Decided to dog sled 25kms over frozen sea ice to set up base camp. 4 Hunters with their dogs, our gear and us being towed behind. The 25km journey took 4.5 hours, very tiring. The dogs were amazing, they just kept going, we had to help push/walk up a few steep sections. At the site, we had to haul our gear off the sea ice and up a slope to build the camp which consisted of 4 hours of cutting blocks and building a wall to protect our tents. We ran out of time and could only get the mess tent up so all 8 of us slept in it that night. Luckily for me, my exped downmat exploded so I wasnt to get a decent nights sleep for the next 2 weeks. Day 4. Clear Skies, we decided to do a quick tour and come back in the afternoon to finish setting up camp. Toured up one of the many unnamed glaciers and looked at a couloir we hope to ski this trip. The weather turned and visibility went bad so the skiing wasnt great. Back at camp, we spent another 4 hours building the wall for an expected storm with 200kmh winds. Day 5. Scary night in the tent. Super windy. We spent most of the day in the tent until the afternoon where there was a weather window to work on fixing the wall again. Day 6. Trying for our first summit. A 700m peak with noname. My day carrying the 5kg rifle, with crampons, ski crampons, ice axe, not fun. Skinned up a glacier with ropes. Crampons and up to the top. Back to camp and more wall building. Day 7. More bad weather. White and Windy. Lets do more wall building. Did some skiing, but its not that fun when you cant see. Day 8. Weather still bad. Day 9. A weather change. Another summit day. Our longest day. 3.5km approach. 8.5hours. 1000m peak. Day 10. Bad Weather again. But we decided to see if that couloir from earlier in the trip was skiable. We got up to it in ok weather but as soon as Matt climbed it, the weather just came in on us and vis was down to 15 metres. Ended up downclimbing on rocks due to high avalanche danger. Day 11. Rain. Above freezing temps. Wet. A gust of wind set the trip wire off providing some excitement. Day 12. Same same. We went out to get some exericise. Weather isnt going to change, we decide to break camp tomorrow and go back to the village. Day 13. Up at 7, we dig everything out in the rain, and leave our gear on the sea ice to be picked up and we traverse the island to be picked up on the other side by snowmobile. Misery. Its super flat terrain and I'm pulled along the flats. Day 14. More rain but at least we're comfortable back in the village. Overall, I guess we got super unlucky with the weather. Conditions meant we couldnt ski anything very interesting. I'd love to come back, but I doubt it will be anytime soon. Its a wild place. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Great Photos Mate Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Sounds great, oz. Even hunkering down for two weeks against the wind. Must have been quite the adventure! Link to post Share on other sites
ozsnowbum 9 Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Sounds great, oz. Even hunkering down for two weeks against the wind. Must have been quite the adventure! It was the most intense thing I've ever experienced. 200kmh winds. Matt was genuinely concerned and we all slept very little that night. Numerous people have literally had their tents explode and then they died out there. Link to post Share on other sites
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