As a brutally wet August comes to a close, I venture off into the hinterlands to knock off 2 of my remaining 5 peaks. It won’t be easy though, with torrential rain on the horizon and nearly 3000 meters of vertical elevation gain awaiting. Successfully scale these peaks and all that lay between myself and [...]
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Mt. Echigo-komagatake – beating the rain pt. 4
Posted in Niigata hikes, tagged hiking, Hyakumeizan, Japan, Mt. Echigo-komagatake, Niigata hikes on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mt. Makihata
Posted in Niigata hikes, tagged Mt. Makihata, Niigata hikes on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Niigata is notorious for nasty weather, and the fact that I’d climbed all of the surrounding peaks in less than ideal conditions had me a little worried, so when the bullet train rolled into Echigo-Yuzawa station on a morning in late July, I rollled my eyes and pinched myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. [...]
