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Myoji Chokujo route 明星山の直上ルート, June 2017
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Climbing Myoji Chokujo route 明星山の直上ルート
Interesting route with one crux pitch and difficult route finding in the upper part.
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Tsurugidake Genjiro Ridge 剱岳の源次郎尾根, May 2017
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Tsurugidake Genjiro Ridge 剱岳の源次郎尾根 (May 2017)
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Climbing Joyama 城山, Izu Peninsula January 2016
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Climbing Joyama 城山, Izu Peninsula January 2016 Great climbing place on the Izu peninsula which does not feel like Japan at all: solid rock, solid protection, nice bolts - feels like back home in Europe ;-)
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Hike around Bozen August 2016
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A short hike in the hills surrounding Bozen. As I was teaching at ESSLLI'16 every morning, only the afternoon was free for the steep hike with great views.
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Climbing Gunma's Kuroiwa 榛名山黒岩 October 2015
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Climbing Gunma's Kuroiwa 榛名山黒岩 October 2015
A two-day trip to this excellent cllimbing spot in Gunma: easy access, loads of routes, great surroundings. This pearl near Lake Haruna features close to hundred routes in all grades, with good protection.
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Climbing Zakkokutani 雑穀谷 October 2015
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Climbing Zakkokutani 雑穀谷 October 2015
A short climbing trip to this precious and soon to be closed jewel. Climbing between the colored leaves is great!
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River climbing and fishing in Zakkoku-river 雑穀谷の沢と釣り August 2015
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River climbing and fishing in Zakkoku-river 雑穀谷の沢と釣り
My first time out on a river climb for fishing instead for the sawa only. The permanent rain didn't disturb us too much. Great experience.
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Yarigadake Kitakama Trial 槍ヶ岳の北鎌尾根の後退 August 2015
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Yarigadake Kitakama Trial August 2015
Our trial to climb Kitakama ridge of Yarigadake came to a sudden halt due to bad weather. At least we had a nice evening at the bonfire!
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River climbing Souretani 沢登:沢上谷 August 2015
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River climbing Souretani 沢登:沢上谷 August 2015
After two years back to Souretani, one of the most beautiful rivers I know. Several waterfalls, great river climbing, absolutely astonishing!
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Multi pitch climbing in Ogawayama 小川山のマルチ・ピッチ・クライミング July 2015
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Climbing Ogawayama クライミング 小川山
A trip to the one of the best climbing areas in Japan, Ogawayama, on a long weekend. One rainy day and two days of multi-pitch climbing! Great.
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Sawa Iozen Osugitani 沢登:医王山の大杉谷 July 2015
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Sawa Iozen Osugitani
My first creek climbing (sawa-nobori) this year, together with 18 friends from the Ishikawa mountaineering clubs, where five of us went all the way to the top of Iozen in a beautiful sawa with several interesting falls to climb.
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Byogadake and Kurobe Pastures 鋲ヶ岳と黒部牧場 June 2015
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Byogadake and Kurobe Pastures
A short hike in the beautiful Byogadake Nature Park leads to great views onto the Northern Alps and Unazuki Onsen. Followed by lots of ice cream at the Kurobe Pastures.
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Climbing Zakkokutani 雑穀谷 May 2015
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Climbing Zakkokutani 雑穀谷
Nice excursion with two Georgian friends and a group of friends from Fukui. Mostly fighting in Joutsu.
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Climbing Onnabara, Hakusan-shi 女原
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Climbing in Hakusan-shi, Onnabara
Short access, but also only 4 climbable routes here. Still, it is outdoors!
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Hiking Kurakakeyama ハイキング 鞍掛山 May 2015
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Hiking Kurakakeyama ハイキング 鞍掛山
An early morning hike to a very popular mountain in Kaga, the Kurakakeyama, followed by lunch at a great Soba place and a relaxing afternoon in the Kenmin-no-mori. All topped with home-made sansai tempura for dinner. Perfect day.
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Hiking Mt. Dainichi 大日山のハイキング May 2015
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Climbing Mt. Dainichi 大日山 and collecting mountain vegetables
The highest peak of Komatsu, not very challenging, but a great place to enjoy fresh green, great views, and collect loads of mountain vegetables.
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Myojindake E-ridge and traverse 明神岳の棟稜とトラバース April 2015
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Kamikochi - Myojindake E-ridge and traverse 明神岳の棟稜とトラバース
Nice introductory snow ridge with some climbing pieces interspersed. We continued traversing all the gendarms instead of taking the shortest way down.
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Skitour Gozendake lower part 御前岳 February 2015
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Skitour lower part of Gozendake 御前岳 February 2015
Deep, too deep powder during ascent, what a hard work, that brought us some of the best powder...
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Skitour Kannasan 神奈山のバックカントリー February 2015
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Skitour Kannasan 神奈山のバックカントリー February 2015
A great mountain with a challenging ridge at the end. Great views onto Myoko, and powder powder powder. The perfect trip in Niigata.
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Ski touring around Niseko, Hokkaido January 2015
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Ski touring around Niseko, Hokkaido
A 1.5 day excursion with the Adventure Guide's group trip to Niseko. A short warm-up tour and Mount Yotei in horrible weather.
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International Mountain Guide Refreshment Course Hokkaido January 2015
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Guide refreshment course in Hokkaido January 2015
Four days of International Mountain Guide refreshment course. Skiing, ice climbing, winter climbing - everything there!
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Skitour Miyobutsusan 御世仏山 January 2015
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Skitour Miyobutsusan 御世仏山 January 2015
A small mountain nearby can still provide some of the best powder!
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Skitour Sanpoiwadake 山スキー:三方岩岳 January 2015
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Skitour Sanpoiwadake 山スキー:三方岩岳
An feast of powder, after hard work out on the way to the top. My first visit in winter to this very nice tour near the Hakusan Superrindo.
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Skitour Mount Niou 仁王山 December 2014
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Skitour Mount Niou 仁王山の山スキー
Strong winds and snowfall didn't stop us in our search for powder - and we were successful!!! Great tour just before Christmas.
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Skitouring Tateyama 山スキー・立山 November 2014
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Wintertrip to Tateyama November 2014
A short ski-excursion to the Tateyama-range on the last day the Alpenroute is open.
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Climbing Fukui's Kuroiwa 福井県の黒岩のクライミング November 2014
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Climbing in Fukui's Kuroiwa 福井県の黒岩のクライミング
A short one-day windows of good weather allowed us to go climbing on Kuroiwa!
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Autumn-hikle Akausagiyama 赤兎山 October 2014
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Autumn-hike Akausagiyama
Great autumn colors in the beautiful surroundings of Akausagiyama on the border between Ishikawa and Fukui attract a lot of people. A pieceful hike from the Ishikawa side.
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Climbing Tanigawadake 谷川岳 October 2014
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Climbing Tanigawadake 谷川岳
Two days of climbing at the height of the colored leaf season, in famous Tanigawadake. A pleasure, and challenge.
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Bessan Hakusan 別山・白山 October 2014
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Bessan Hakusan 別山・白山 October 2014
A long one-day trip in Hakusan National Park between autumn colored leafs. Starting from Ichinose, up to Bessan, along the ridge to Minamiryugababa, then up to Hakusan and down to Bettou. For more details see the blog post 別山と白山の紅葉.
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Höllental - rock (climbing) and beach July 2014
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Rock and Beach in the Höllental
Called the most beautiful valley in the world, the Höllental with the river Schwarza combines phantastic rock towers and crystal clear water into a spectacular scenery.
Some photos from a short climbing trip.
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Climbing Ogawayama 小川山のクライミング August 2014
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Climging Ogawayama 小川山のクライミング August 2014
My second trip to this great area, the second time plessed with rain ;-) Still, we managed two great routes!
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Sawa: Gokayama Utsukushigadani 沢登・五箇山美ヶ谷 June 2014
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Gokayama Utsukushigadani - 五箇山美ヶ谷
Morning sawa-climbing before the rain starts. A small but beautiful little creek in Toyama, Gokayama, made into a challenge by billions of hairy caterpillars attacking us!
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Rock climbing Zakkokutani 雑穀谷のロッククライミング June 2014
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Rock climbing Zakkokutani 雑穀谷のロッククライミング June 2014
A nice face with some great routes to work out on unstable days - one of the few places where one can nearly belay from the car.
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Iozen Nature Park: Mt. Hakoyatani and Tonbi rock 医王山:箱屋谷山とトンビ岩 June 2014
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Mt. Hakoyatani and Tonbi rock (箱屋谷山とトンビ岩)
A short and nice hiking path just around the corner from Kanazawa University at the Prefectural Iozen Nature Park 医王山県立自然公園. And for those who need challenges, there is Tonbi rock with about 100m of chains to scale!
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Ski tour: Kitanomatadake 北ノ俣岳 April 2014
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Ski tour Kitanomatadake 北ノ俣岳
A long, long trip, especially the return with many up-downs. The upper slopes offer spectacular views.
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Climbing Yugawara Makuiwa 湯河原・幕岩 March 2014
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Climbing Yugawara Makuiwa 湯河原・幕岩
Due to a cancelled ferry we spent a day climbing in a beautiful Ume garden in Yugawara.
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Skitour Shirataniyama 白谷山 February 2014
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Shirataniyama Morning Tour 白谷山の朝ツアー
Time is precious, so why not start very early, enjoy a sunrise at the top, and then go to work? That was my plan for this tour, and it worked out perfectly! Details in Japanese at the blog entry 朝山スキー 白谷山.
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Skiing Mount Marutsunobori マルツノボリ山 February 2014
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Skitour Mount Marutsunobori マルツノボリ山
Probably the ski tour with the best weather and snow this year. Great conditions, cold and sunny. A wonderful and relatively easy tour. See this blog entry for details (in Japanese).
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Skiing Kagomachi-Nanbasan スキー・籠町南葉山 February 2014
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Skiing Kagomachi-Nanbasan スキー・籠町南葉山
A nice excursion into the area around Joetsu/Myoko and an easy tour.
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Iceclimbing Yatsugadake January 2014
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Iceclimbing Yatsugadake アイスクライミング・八ヶ岳
Another three day trip to this wonderful area for ice climbing. Great falls, long gullies, perfect weather. See the blog post 八ヶ岳 アイスクライミング (in Japanese) for details.
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Climbing Kitakomatsu 北小松の岩所 October 2013
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Climbing at Kitakomatsu 北小松の岩所
Bad weather in Hokuriku - so we escaped to the area around Lake Biwa for climbing on the rocks of Kitakomatsu. Steep access path leads to three small but nice climbing spots.
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Kamikochi Byobuiwa 屏風岩・上高地 October 2013
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Climbing Byobuiwa in Kamikochi 屏風岩・上高地
A long weekend in Kamikochi climbing the Byobuiwa - a steep wall with lots of artif routes. More details (in Japanese) at the blog entry 上高地・屏風岩・雲稜ルート
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Oshiramizutani and Hakusan 大白水谷と白山 September 2013
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Sawa Oshiramizutani and Hakusan 大白水谷
The planned river climb was finished in time for us to climb to Hakusan, too. My first time in summer. For more details see the blog post (in English) Oshiramizutani and Hakusan 大白水谷と白山
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Akausagiyama 赤兎山 August 2013
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Akausagiyama 赤兎山 and Pizza at Senna
A short hike followed by a pizza at the abandoned ski area Senna, a strange experience. Some more details can be found (in Japanese) in the blog entry 白山瀬女スキー場とピッツァ
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Sawa Hinoki-tani 桧谷の沢登 August 2013
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Sawa Hinoki-tani 桧谷の沢登
Inspite of rain we ventured out to explore a new sawa, river, and were rewarded with a beautiful scenery and silent day.
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Canyoning Kurobe August 2013
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Canyoning in Kurobe
A great half day canyoning trip with J-WET. Sliding, jumping, drifting - enjoying. See my blog entry Canyoning in Kurobe for more details.
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Hiking Tateyama 立山 August 2013
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Climbing Tateyama in summer
My first time climbing Tateyama in summer - never seen sooo many people there. See my blog entry Tateyama in summer for more details.
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Sawa Watan Mt. Oku-Iouzen ワ谷、奥医王山 August 2013
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Sawa climbing Mt Oku-Iouzen, Watan ワ谷、奥医王山
Easy but long river-climbing with lots of small steps. Very enjoyable. See the blog entry 沢登り ワ谷 奥医王山 (in Japanese) for details.