I finally made the pilgrimage to the most summited mountain on earth. Together with hundreds of brightly clad enthusiasts we hiked from the 5th station on Fuji, stayed overnight at 3500m and then made the morning hike to the summit and walked around the crater. More of a pilgrimage than a hike but all together […]
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Made the mission to Mt Fuji a couple of weeks ago. The hike was awesome (post to follow soon) but the surrounds of Mt Fuji are just as interesting. We spent a couple of days exploring the 5 lakes region around the base of Fuji – the highlight was certainly the modes of transport – […]
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Well I’ve been enjoying a bit of sun after the winter to end all winters in Niseko this year. A month in Indonesia does the trick and as such TheSpud has been a bit quiet… To kick off for summer here’s a quick post from Bali. A quick bit of island hopping – Hokkaido, Honshu, […]
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This day was one of the highlights. I drove to the most easterly point of Japan, climbed out onto the rocks and watched the sun rise over an ocean of ice meeting the warmer waters of southern Hokkaido. In the distance the disputed Russian/Japanese islands materialised into view… A morning I won’t forget!… and that […]
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Sitting on the tatami in my hotel I had a few maps spread out and was deciding where to next…!? When I spotted this tiny spit of sand my decision was made… just looking at the geography of this place I knew I had to check it out. I didn’t know much about it, or […]
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Second post about 2000K’s of epic Hokkaido-ness. This set of images is from an inland mission, away from the ice to check out some volcanoes, frozen lakes and get back to nature with a few more birds! Here’s a quick glimpse of a rough map as to where this whole road trip took me… View […]
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Last week I took off for 2 days to shoot up to Abashiri and check out the sea ice. 1 week and 2000k’s later I made it home with a huge smile and and incredibly dirty car. I was lucky enough to have great weather most days meaning I shot every roll of film, used […]
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Today was pretty white. Went searching for pow – found heaps of white.
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Today I swore that I was going to sleep in. I was dedicated to it. I woke up to the call ‘…Az. It’s bluebird…’ So I didn’t sleep in – thank god. Heading a little further afield after some nice turns off the peak we scored fresh tracks all day and a good battering of […]
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One of those epic combos of blue bird and dry pow today. wow. Here’s a few pics from a day hiking around in Niseko’s backcountry. Joely-G lays down a couple of turns in front of the lens in Niseko’s Backcountry. Azza from Niseko Photography behind the camera. www.nisekophotography.com
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