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posted: December 31st, 2009 |
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The photos on this page start with December 23rd - a trip to Jindai Botanical Garden & Jindaiji Shrine. This page goes through the end of the month. After the photos is a list of all mountains we climbed during 2009 and a bar chart showing the elevations. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin December 23rd |
On December 23rd Kazuya and I went to Jindai Botanical Garden and Jindaiji Shrine. I thought there was a Christmas Tree Display at Jindai Botanical Garden, but they only had one Christmas Tree, and it was pretty sad looking. At Jindaiji Shrine we found the poster for next year - The Year Of The Tiger. The 2nd shot is a shot of the Pampas Grass - getting kind of brownish looking, as is the grass, and there are no people in this photo. I stuck in a September 13th photo here to show you the contrast - very white Pampas Grass seed heads, green lawn grass and lots of people.
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| End December 23rd, End December 2008's Photos, Begin 4 Best Photos of 2009 |
Well, the website http://dcresource.com has a series of forums. In the "Photo Gallery" Forum there was a thread asking people to post their SINGLE best photo taken during 2009. I was initially able to sort out these 4 photos for my own consideration. Three of them were taken during our climb of Mt. Asahidake back on August 10th. I guess that just goes to show you how incredible of a day that was! The 4th photo, and the one which I finally selected as the best photo of 2009, was a Fall Color shot taken at Jindai Botanical Garden. The first photo in this row shows some Geum pentapetalum under an early morning sun. You may ask why I didn't use PhotoShop and eliminate the lens reflection in the upper right hand corner - I did, and in my opinion it detracted from the photo, so I discarded that version of this photo. The 2nd photo is a relatively rare Twin-flower (Linnaea borealis) on Mt. Asahidake.
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The first photo in this row - also taken at Mt. Asahidake on August 10th, shows a beautiful reflection in a pond. The final shot, and the one which I selected as my best photo of 2009, is this one taken on November 29th at Jindai Botanical Garden of Fall Colors.
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| End 4 Best Photos of 2009, Begin List of Mountains Climbed in 2009 |
Here you can find a list of all the mountains which we or I alone climbed during Calendar Year 2009. Note that 47 mountains were climbed during 2009 - although not 47 different ones.
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| Mountains Climbed in 2009 | ||||||
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| No. | Date | Mountain Name | Elev., Ft. | Elev., M. | With? | |
| 1 | 03/13/2009 | Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#17) | 2,199 | 670 | Kazuya & I | |
| 2 | 03/13/2009 | Mt. Kagenobu-yama (#6) | 2,385 | 727 | Kazuya & I | |
| 3 | 03/21/2009 | Mt. Takao (#51) | 1,965 | 599 | Kazuya & I | |
| 4 | 04/11/2009 | Sougaku Mtn. (#5) | 2,480 | 756 | Kazuya & I | |
| 5 | 04/11/2009 | Iwatakeishi Mtn. (#5) | 2,602 | 793 | Kazuya & I | |
| 6 | 04/11/2009 | Takamizu Mtn. (#5) | 2,490 | 759 | Kazuya & I | |
| 7 | 04/17/2009 | Mt. Kakuda | 1,580 | 482 | Kazuya & I | |
| 8 | 04/18/2009 | Mt. Kakuda (#2) | 1,580 | 482 | Kazuya & I | |
| 9 | 04/24/2009 | Mt. Narukami | 3,214 | 980 | Kazuya & I | |
| 10 | 05/01/2009 | Mt. Kurotake (#2) | 5,882 | 1,793 | Kazuya & I | |
| 11 | 05/01/2009 | Mt. Hafu (#2) | 5,492 | 1,674 | Kazuya & I | |
| 12 | 05/03/2009 | Mt. Nyukasayama | 6,414 | 1,955 | Kazuya & I | |
| 13 | 05/09/2009 | Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#18) | 2,199 | 670 | Kazuya & I | |
| 14 | 05/09/2009 | Mt. Takao (#52) | 1,965 | 599 | Kazuya & I | |
| 15 | 05/10/1009 | Mt. Mitake (#25) | 3,048 | 929 | Kazuya & I | |
| 16 | 05/15/2009 | Mt. Nana-tsu-ishi (#6) | 5,765 | 1,757 | Kazuya & I | |
| 17 | 05/15/2009 | Mt. Kumotori (#6) | 6,620 | 2,018 | Kazuya & I | |
| 18 | 05/16/2009 | Mt. Nana-tsu-ishi (#7) | 5,765 | 1,757 | Kazuya & I | |
| 19 | 05/16/2009 | Mt. Takamaru (#2) | 5,686 | 1,733 | Kazuya & I | |
| 20 | 05/16/2009 | Mt. Hikagenagurihou | 5,659 | 1,725 | Kazuya & I | |
| 21 | 05/16/2009 | Mt. Takanosu (#2) | 5,697 | 1,737 | Kazuya & I | |
| 22 | 06/07/2009 | Mt. Takao (#53) | 1,965 | 599 | Kazuya & I | |
| 23 | 06/13/2009 | Mt. Komagatake (#2) | 4,451 | 1,357 | Kazuya & I | |
| 24 | 06/13/2009 | Mt. Kamiyama (#2) | 4,718 | 1,438 | Kazuya & I | |
| 25 | 06/27/2009 | Mt. Mitake (#26) | 3,048 | 929 | Kazuya & I | |
| 26 | 07/10/2009 | Mt. Iodake | 9,055 | 2,760 | Kazuya & I | |
| 27 | 07/11/2009 | Mt. Yokodake | 9,281 | 2,829 | Kazuya & I | |
| 28 | 07/11/2009 | Mt. Sansha | 9,268 | 2,825 | Kazuya & I | |
| 29 | 07/11/2009 | Mt. Akadake | 9,511 | 2,899 | Kazuya & I | |
| 30 | 07/11/2009 | Mt. Nikaburi | 8,497 | 2,590 | Kazuya & I | |
| 31 | 07/12/2009 | Mt. Neishidake | 8,540 | 2,603 | Kazuya & I | |
| 32 | 07/12/2009 | East Tengudake Mtn. | 8,681 | 2,646 | Kazuya & I | |
| 33 | 07/18/2009 | Mt. Kita-dake | 10,476 | 3,193 | Kazuya & I | |
| 34 | 07/26/2009 | Mt. Mitake (#27) | 3,048 | 929 | Kazuya & I | |
| 35 | 07/26/2009 | Hinode Mtn. (#11) | 2,959 | 902 | Kazuya & I | |
| 36 | 08/04/2009 | Mt. Hakkoda (Ohtake-san) | 5,198 | 1,584 | Kazuya & I | |
| 37 | 08/10/2009 | Mt. Asahidake | 7,516 | 2,291 | Kazuya & I | |
| 38 | 08/10/2009 | Mt. Mamiyadake | 7,169 | 2,185 | Kazuya & I | |
| 39 | 09/19/2009 | Mt. Oh (O-Yama) | 9,815 | 2,992 | Kazuya & I | |
| 40 | 09/19/2009 | Mt. Oonanji (Tateyama) | 9,892 | 3,015 | Kazuya & I | |
| 41 | 09/19/2009 | Mt. Masago (Masago-dake) | 9,386 | 2,861 | Kazuya & I | |
| 42 | 09/20/2009 | Mt. Bes (Bessan) | 9,429 | 2,874 | Kazuya & I | |
| 43 | 09/20/2009 | North Mt. Bes (Kita-Bessan) | 9,449 | 2,880 | Kazuya & I | |
| 44 | 11/20/2009 | Mt. Takao (#54) | 1,965 | 599 | Alone | |
| 45 | 11/20/2009 | Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama (#19) | 2,199 | 670 | Alone | |
| 46 | 12/19/2009 | Mt. Takao (#55) | 1,965 | 599 | Alone | |
| 47 | 12/20/2009 | Mt. Takao (#56) | 1,965 | 599 | Kazuya & I | |
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| End Mountains Climbed, End Page 4, End 2009 |
Here are links to separate web pages. The first link shows some photos of our DVD Collection, an AVI Movie of our Home Theater System and 9 photos of our Sharp Aquos TV. The 2nd link shows our entire DVD collection in DVD Profiler (if you're asking yourself what might be good to rent for the weekend). The DVD's will be sorted by date purchased. You can click on the "Title" Column to sort that way if you desire. The 3rd link takes you to a set of pages which show you the FRONT coverart of all of our DVDs.
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| February 22, 2009 DVD Collection, Movie of Home Theater System & TV Pictures (new window) |
Link to DVD collection in DVD Profiler Click Here. (new window) |
Our DVD Collection Front Coverart Pages Click Here. (new window) |
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