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Thread: Japan Jongified
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09-11-2007, 05:41 AM #176
Oh I have flab but im trying to loose it quick. Biking up mountains for 1hr helps loose weight.
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09-11-2007, 05:41 AM #177
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09-13-2007, 04:38 AM #178Registered User
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Hohes / db
if you're in t-town fri drop me a line
dizzy
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09-13-2007, 04:49 AM #179
Diz! I will be in T killing time on Saturday, working Friday.
Life is not lift served.
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09-13-2007, 06:56 PM #180
WTF, dizzy's on here too?
You be in the valley of goodness around christmas/new years? It'd be good to get some hits in, I'll be putting in a little time exploring Nozawa too.Last edited by addict; 09-13-2007 at 07:04 PM.
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09-13-2007, 10:45 PM #181
Lets def hit Nozawa, Ive been wanting to go back there for quite some time!!
パウダーバカ!!
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09-14-2007, 01:36 AM #182
Got some siiiick pow there last dosojin, and there's some big cliffs and amazing treed slidepaths that I'd love to re ski and film. Amazing scenics even for Japan. Not the biggest and cleanest lines, but really different. My bro will be there for a month. I should be touching down in mid dec, maybe go see Kyoto and party in Tokyo a bit while I wait for the snow to dump, then hit HPL and the Noze. Also keen to see Shiga, I've never been and it loks like a massive resort.
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09-14-2007, 01:52 AM #183
FT - Snow last night? Nice. We should be there tomorrow evening checking out homes on Sunday (if we get our shit together).
Hot and humid in Tk today. And from memory, this is a cool one. Glad I missed summer.
Diz - I am in town all next week and free up until 3pm each day if that suits you for a beer and something.Life is not lift served.
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09-17-2007, 08:05 AM #184
noz is sick when its on. last year it struggled with a low snow pack.
db sorry i was mtbing all weekend.
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09-17-2007, 07:58 PM #185
No probs, next weekend maybe. We were pretty busy visiting houses anyway. One was cool: $85,000, solid, 20 years old, 1050m2 block, 4 bedrooms, very secluded, no garden or such crap, private onsen bore, two monkeys hanging out on the property.
Monkeys. In the back yard.
Buy.Life is not lift served.
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09-17-2007, 10:49 PM #186
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09-17-2007, 11:39 PM #187
Hakuba is 2.0
Life is not lift served.
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09-18-2007, 12:56 AM #188
Well when its that cheap and there are biglines I draws the players out.
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09-18-2007, 08:48 AM #189Registered User
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Hohes, you'll have to rename your website hakuba90210.com
until 3 pm this week? i guess i'll see you when it snows
i was camping here in Nagano until monday:
lodge and tents 2300m; summit in the clouds 3190m
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09-18-2007, 08:52 AM #190
...and you will be snowboarding that very line with me in 6 months time, or earlier if conditions permit. I have a spare winter bag if you need it.
90210 wa have I missed some bitch scratching drama?Life is not lift served.
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09-18-2007, 04:55 PM #191Registered User
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It's a spring line. Fattwins has skied all of the lines there.
congrats on your purchase. when r u moving in?
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09-18-2007, 08:13 PM #192
Didn't actually buy it. But I probably would if it wasn't so rushed. Shop around, all that stuff.
Life is not lift served.
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09-18-2007, 10:06 PM #193
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09-19-2007, 01:00 AM #194
So... I guess it aint Niseko.
There is no reason not to try it in late winter rather than waitring for a corn-out. Spring lines become important if winter is super cold and the delicate thin pack just wont stick to the underlying glacier ice above the 'schrund. The Kita Alps isnt really like that, it can be warmer with a sticker faster settling pack and obviously no ice. Hopefully it lets you carefully think about lines a little earlier in the winter.
I am planning a couple of weeklong winter trips up into Kamikochi, mostly just poking around with less emphasis on flat out riding.Life is not lift served.
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09-19-2007, 02:32 AM #195Mike Pow
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Is it me, or is that a dodgy place to have a lodge?
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09-19-2007, 05:36 AM #196
that place only opens in may. I wouldnt want to be there in December actually there is no save way up or down that valley, unless you go the very long way around. That means a few camps or one camp depending. The Bluecliff team go in there alot. I like it but its a slog and the weather has to be right to spend 3 days in there.
From the top
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09-19-2007, 06:42 AM #197
Great pic!
>only open in May...
Yeah, but you can skin the road before it opens to traffic. There is a limited bus service right up until the permenant summer barrier to private cars. Skin from there.
Its a multi day trip for sure, but the valley is quite wide and mostly safe-ish until it narrows, or maybe not. I'm planning on building and stocking on igloo right up towards the end of the valley. I'm talking the Kamikochi valley bending round on the right with the river.
Last edited by neck beard; 09-19-2007 at 06:47 AM.
Life is not lift served.
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09-19-2007, 08:37 PM #198
You can get in there that isnt the problem. The valley that is Karasawa is a death trap when its got fresh snow. I was there when a class 3 ripped out and rolled close to camp and the was just in May. Slept with my beacon on that night.
db with teh lodge and a full time job I wont be able to do these types of trips. Only lucky retired guys get to dream this big.
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09-19-2007, 10:31 PM #199
Convince a heli driver or pilfer a sled and you'd get in there pretty quick. I'm sure no one would see you in there on your sled despite the legalities....
If the snow/weather's like last season when I'm there I'd be in on such a trip.
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09-19-2007, 11:35 PM #200
haha I was thinking that about 2 hours ago. just gotta get extra money
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