Back to Jōgasaki (城ヶ崎) this week-end to train crack and trad climbing, I wanted to try a new area and we decided to head to Isaribi rock (漁り火ロック) where there are easy cracks from beginners to intermediate level for all of us to train.[...]

Jōgasaki (城ヶ崎) Isaribi (漁り火) rock

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photography week-end at Kusatsu-Shiranesan (草津白根山)

Like every winter now, I went to spend a week-end at Yoshigadaira mountain lodge (芳ヶ平ヒュッテ) near Kusatsu-Shiranesan (草津白根山) volcano. This year I went with photographers friends with the idea to take the time to take pictures for them and videos for me.[...]

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Shigakōgen (志賀高原) snowshoe traverse

Two years after snowshoeing to Shijūhachiike (四十八池), I was back to Shigakōgen (志賀高原) to realize a project I had thought of at that time: a three years snowshoe traverse from Yokoteyama (横手山スキー場) to Terakoya (寺子屋スキー場) ski resort : Yokoteyama ~ Akaishiyama (赤石山) ~ Terakoyamine (寺小屋峰).[...]

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Always avoided until now, this year I started to go climbing at Sea Side (シーサイド) area at Jōgasaki (城ヶ崎). I always refrain myself to go climbing there for two reasons.[...]

Jōgasaki (城ヶ崎) Sea Side

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Information about Ouray

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I started 2014 by taking vacations to go to Colorado training during a week in Ouray's ice park.[...]

Ice climbing in Ouray, CO

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Nikkō-Shiranesan (日光白根山) in winter

Originaly I was planning to do a snowshoeing week-end trip to Nikkō-Shiranesan (日光白根山) from Marunma-Kogen (丸沼高原) ski resort. But it became a piston from Yumoto-onsen (湯元温泉) to the summit.[...]

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Ice climbing at Christmas runze

Just before Christmas I went ice climbing. Where? At Christmas runze (クリスマスルンゼ, litteraly: the Christmas gully) South of the Yatsugatake range. A pure coincidence.[...]

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