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& Early May 2004! posted: May 9th, 2004 |
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This page includes photos taken between April 17th and May 3rd, 2004. All of them were taken during mountain climbing adventures. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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This row of photos shows the delicate green colors of spring in the first photo, and the 2nd and 3rd photos show Okutama Lake (a man-made lake) from the Mt. Sougaku Trail.
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In this row you can see a Chloranthus japonicus, Kazuya at the summit of Mt. Gozen (1,405 meters) and a Trout Lily on Mt. Gozen.
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This row shows a Chrysosplenium sp., some delicate spring greens on the mountain across the valley, and a Asarum caulescens (it smells weird).
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Here you see a Philadelphia Daisy, a very interesting violet on the Mt. Kumotori trail and a tired me at the summit of Mt. Nanatsu-ishi (1,757.3 meters).
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This row includes a shot of Mt. Nanatsu-ishi from Mt. Kumotori, our "poor man's" tent at the camping spot on Mt. Kumotori and the 3rd photo is Kazuya on the climb to the summit of Mt. Kumotori. If you look closely you can see the tent site in the background.
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This row includes a deer shot on the hike to the summit of Mt. Kumotori, Kazuya and I at the summit of Mt. Kumotori (2,017.1 meters) and a sunset shot from Mt. Kumotori.
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Here you can see 2 sunset panorama shots and a tree snag with sunset lighting.
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This row includes a morning shot of our Mt. Kumotori camp and 2 shots which show that we were in the clouds. Interesting - the English translation for "Kumotori" is "cloud catcher", so the mountain was doing as it's name indicates - catching clouds!!
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Here is me at the summit of Mt. Takanosu (1,736.6 meters). Mt. Takanosu means "hawk's nest mountain". The 2nd photo shows that we were still in the clouds now and then! The 3rd, and final photo, shows my DVD collection as of several months ago now. At this time the bottom shelf on the right is just about full! By the way, here is a link to my entire DVD collection if you're asking yourself what
might be good to rent for the weekend! Click Here. The DVD's will be sorted by date purchased. You can click on title to sort that way if you desire. This link will open a new browser window.
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| That's all for this month, hope that you found something which you enjoyed looking at. |
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