On Saturday we decided to take a hike around one of the areas that Jack and I are developing. This was a fantastic idea. The weather was spectacular. I did not think that it could be any better. Well, I was wrong. On Tuesday we set out again to this amazing area with endless boulders to have another go before temps dip to low. Well the weather was even better. Temps in the 10 to 15 C range in the sun is what I consider great this time of year. Very dry air adds to the amazing friction found here. Jack took me to another cook boulder that has a few other boulders around it.

All-in-all we had a great day. Rod went birding and Star was welcomed back to climbing outside with a near first ascent. She has a new project!!!! Can not wait for her to send. I sent a few fun problems. Steep Fantasy V4 was by far the most fun. A very gymnastic problem with good holds. Enjoy the pictures.

Sorry for not posting in a bot. With the new baby it is hard sometimes to do Anything!! So this week my mother came to visit. I guess she really came to see her new grand baby. We went out to a few climbing areas in the Okatama area. It turns out that many routes in these areas need to be rebolted. So a buddy of mine talked to the JFA, Japanese Free climbing Ass, and they are giving us all of the hardware. That means we are going to be starting on this in a couple of weeks. Not to metion that the other area that Nabu found will have all of the hardware donated by Yuji. Too cool!!! So busy days coming.

We managed to get over to Yuji's gym again with the Walkers. Good trip. All of this bouldering has made me stronger, but I am surely lacking in the endurance area.

Thanksgiving was a hit. We had about 12 folks over to enjoy a traditional American Thanksgiving in Japan, which of course included sushi.

And today we are headed to Mitake for some boulder wrestling.

Here are some pictures, enjoy.


Go Climb Something!!!