Preparing for the windsurfing season
Winter accent Mt Iizuna
It was a long and steep climb to the top, but the weather was perfect and in great company.
Mt Hakama snowshoe trip
Fine day snowshoeing to the top of Mt Hakama, lunch on the top and a fast retreat as the weather closed in.
A fine day out along the Seki river
“A day in the Life”
A fine day climbing Mt Kurohime
Hakuba Mura 15km Trail Run
The weather was beautiful in Hakuba and was just perfect for the run , the trail was very steep and unforgiving to the very top, (approximately 8km), and then a very long and winding decent to the finish line.
A weekend tour from Joetsu to Myoko .
A weekend cycling tour organised by bikeloop.com staying overnight at Myoko Mountain lodge and enjoying a BBQ on Saturday evening and on Sunday morning explored Lake Nojiri. We surprised them with coffee and home baked banana muffins before they continued on back to Joetsu.
29 years of climbing mountains together continues, fine day on the summit of Mt Myoko (2400m)
Grand ride from Sasagamine To Otari village, 41km Return
It was a fine ride with our friends over the mountain to Otari Village, if you keep going you end up in Hakuba. We had lunch in Otari village and set off back to Togakushi, it was a very long 9km hill climb to the top and then a mixture of up and downs back […]