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I-CJW
Climbing, mountaineering & hiking (mainly) in Japan
An Ceann Bliadhna
“…and the Irish Meteorological Office is warning people not to travel unless absolutely necessary today. There’s snow on the highground,...
Crack Addicts
Roppongi station is a Gomorrah at five in the morning on a Saturday, but a long figure with the helmet hanging from his pack slips...
Climbing With Jimi
So, what do you do? Three days of good weather, a bivy bag, and those winter routes aren’t going to scout themselves. How about what...
This Mountain Sickness
Some call it a sickness. To swap warm beds for nights on cold granite, high above the clouds where the air is thin. A willing choice, a...
The Flow of the Fourth Island
Sachiko once hit an American soldier over the head with a flower pot. Her nose scrunches up as she laughs at the memory, and her face...
Where Eagles Daren't
The dull thwack of rotor blades cuts through the thick summer air. We hurry along the knife edge, trying desperately to gain a vantage...
In the Hall of the Spider King
The Philippine tectonic plate crashes into Japan like a beaching battleship, it’s prow rising from the surf; this is the Izu Penninsula....
Golden Is The Week
I pulled the rope from the pack, and with it flooded the aroma of sunlight and the memories of the previous day’s climb on Mt Myogi. This...
My Patagonia
The three minute warning. In the dark days of the early 80’s, it was a key part of every schoolboy’s lexicon. When Mother Russia pressed...
Gods & Ghosts
I packed my gear and told myself it didn’t matter. I’d made the sensible decision. A prudent judgment call. “Summiting is optional,...
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