Two years after I went ice climbing for the first time in Matsukisawa (松木沢) in the Kurosawa (黒沢) gully, I went back last Sunday with two friends do climb the ice falls of Umekobasawa (ウメコバ沢) gully located a bit further deep in the valley. As we left Tōkyō the evening before and slept on the […]

After Minamisawa Ōtaki (南沢大滝) last week-end, I went back to Yatsugatake (八ヶ岳) to train before a 3 days trip in the Souther Alps before new year. We decided to climb Daidōshin-Ōtaki (大同心大滝) on Saturday. As we left Minoto-guchi (美濃戸口) early on Saturday morning after spending the night there, we arrived early at Akadakekōsen (赤岳鉱泉) where […]