10 May 2010
Hakuba Yari viewed from my house at 11am after the descent
I got out of bed at 15 minutes to 5 and was pulling on my ski boots in the Sarukura carpark and hiking at 5.30am. Exactly 5 hours later I was back at the car, then home with a beer and planting carrots at 11am looking back up at Hakuba Yari ga Take which that morning I had skied. If you will excuse the lack of modesty, even for me it was fast and I was a bit puzzled at how I did it and what to do with the lingering motivation and energy high. The slow pace of carrots seeds was relaxing, but I decided to switch to ditch digging instead. Then back to carrots once by buzz ran out.
The very top of Hakuba Yari, 2903m, viewed from the west flank of Shakushi. I skied the NE face as pictured.
Down the hatch
