Comments on: Slain http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/ Sun, 13 May 2012 20:52:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kirt Cathey http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Kirt Cathey Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:56:29 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/#comment-1185 Nice write-up. Nice write-up.

]]> By: cjw http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 cjw Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:17:36 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/#comment-1182 tornadoes28 - you're quite right, and it doesn't make for a particularly pleasant summit. Recently, though, I'm starting to wonder if it's not the lesser of two evils in many cases. Ibuki is a lot like Mt. Buko, of which I've written before - not only do they look quite similar, but they both have the misfortune to be made of limestone, in a country whose appetite for cement is seemingly limitless. Now, Ibuki has had it's left shoulder hacked by the Sumitomo Cement company, but it is nothing compared to the devastation wrought on Buko by Onoda Cement. Maybe the former's status as both a hyakumeizan and a popular tourist destination have saved it some of the indignities visited upon the latter? If you squint really hard, you can make out the silver lining in this cloud - the tourist ghettos are avoidable if you climb out of season and on a more geological timescale are temporary wounds, quite unlike those caused by the cement companies. Of course, I'd prefer neither... tornadoes28 – you’re quite right, and it doesn’t make for a particularly pleasant summit.

Recently, though, I’m starting to wonder if it’s not the lesser of two evils in many cases. Ibuki is a lot like Mt. Buko, of which I’ve written before – not only do they look quite similar, but they both have the misfortune to be made of limestone, in a country whose appetite for cement is seemingly limitless.

Now, Ibuki has had it’s left shoulder hacked by the Sumitomo Cement company, but it is nothing compared to the devastation wrought on Buko by Onoda Cement. Maybe the former’s status as both a hyakumeizan and a popular tourist destination have saved it some of the indignities visited upon the latter?

If you squint really hard, you can make out the silver lining in this cloud – the tourist ghettos are avoidable if you climb out of season and on a more geological timescale are temporary wounds, quite unlike those caused by the cement companies.

Of course, I’d prefer neither…

]]> By: tornadoes28 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 tornadoes28 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:58:23 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/#comment-1176 It's unfortunate that so many mountains in Japan, surprisingly including Fuji, have been mared with roads and tourist shops. It’s unfortunate that so many mountains in Japan, surprisingly including Fuji, have been mared with roads and tourist shops.

]]> By: cjw http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 cjw Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:32:33 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/#comment-1171 Wes - that sounds like a great idea, let's do it. I checked a couple of trip reports, and it looks like it should only take a couple of hours (although most of them seem to take the gondola to 3-gome and climb from there). I didn't like running away from Ibuki, I felt it should have some redeeming features - maybe a winter climb is just what it needs! Wes – that sounds like a great idea, let’s do it. I checked a couple of trip reports, and it looks like it should only take a couple of hours (although most of them seem to take the gondola to 3-gome and climb from there). I didn’t like running away from Ibuki, I felt it should have some redeeming features – maybe a winter climb is just what it needs!

]]> By: wes http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 wes Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:37:03 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/03/slain/#comment-1165 wonderful photos! Ibuki is a bit of a mystery, eh? I can imagine how beautiful it must've been hundreds of years ago before the environmental destruction. It does bolster one of the greatest panoramic views in Japan on the rare occasion that it's not enshrouded in fog (it's almost as shy as Mt. Fuji) I climbed one beautiful May day, and could see all of the Kita, Chuo, and Minami Alps still glowing white with their wintry layers. I climbed by myself but met a wonderful 70yr. old man on the way up who told me of the beauty of the mountain in the winter, when the weather station on top turns into a giant mass resembling a frozen wedding cake! Let me know if you're keen for a February ascent. I live in Osaka, and we could camp on top! wonderful photos!

Ibuki is a bit of a mystery, eh? I can imagine how beautiful it must’ve been hundreds of years ago before the environmental destruction. It does bolster one of the greatest panoramic views in Japan on the rare occasion that it’s not enshrouded in fog (it’s almost as shy as Mt. Fuji) I climbed one beautiful May day, and could see all of the Kita, Chuo, and Minami Alps still glowing white with their wintry layers. I climbed by myself but met a wonderful 70yr. old man on the way up who told me of the beauty of the mountain in the winter, when the weather station on top turns into a giant mass resembling a frozen wedding cake! Let me know if you’re keen for a February ascent. I live in Osaka, and we could camp on top!

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