I overslept a bit today, but I suppose I'm allowed since it's the weekend. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), my friend also overslept today and didn't call me to hit the gym until about noon. He promised his cousin he would go up to the mountain after and help them build some steps, and since I had nothing to do I ( Read more... )

I reiterate my long-standing contention that snow is ok and brings a meaning and a reason to it being cold. Without snow, the cold is just dark, dreary, bleak, and dismal. Recently, it's been pretty cold and quite windy around here, and it was certainly feeling a lot like those four words. But today I had the opportunity to visit some real snow ( Read more... )

So after going to bed around 3:15 yesterday morning, I woke up just after 6 to go climb the tallest mountain in western Japan, Ishizuchisan (石鎚山). If I remember correctly (I wasn't the one driving), it's on the border of 愛媛県 (Ehime Pref.) and 高知県 (Kochi Pref.), a bit over 2 hours away. Climbing it took about 3.5~4 hours on the way up and maybe ( Read more... )