Comments on: In search of sunrise http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cjw http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/comment-page-1/#comment-1387 cjw Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:53:24 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/#comment-1387 Hey Wes, good to have you back from Hokkaido. Having been up Kinpu once before certainly eased any pangs of regret - but regardless, there was no way I was going to risk that ridge! Seems like a dangerous year this year - just heard of another lightning fatality in the alps, and a couple more from a rockslide on Shiro-uma.. Hey Wes, good to have you back from Hokkaido. Having been up Kinpu once before certainly eased any pangs of regret – but regardless, there was no way I was going to risk that ridge! Seems like a dangerous year this year – just heard of another lightning fatality in the alps, and a couple more from a rockslide on Shiro-uma..

]]> By: wes http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 wes Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:52:07 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/#comment-1304 wow, sounds like an adventure. Sorry you couldn't make it to the summit of Kinpu this time (though I know you've been there before, which makes it much easier to turn back!) lightning is the hikers worst enemy. i remember camping in Kamikochi valley and watching a wicked lightning storm illuminating the surrounding peaks. I felt sorry for all those people camping on the exposed ridgeline. wow, sounds like an adventure. Sorry you couldn’t make it to the summit of Kinpu this time (though I know you’ve been there before, which makes it much easier to turn back!)

lightning is the hikers worst enemy. i remember camping in Kamikochi valley and watching a wicked lightning storm illuminating the surrounding peaks. I felt sorry for all those people camping on the exposed ridgeline.

]]> By: cjw http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 cjw Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:33:59 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/#comment-1250 C-chan - I think you're right. Sadly, something seemed to be driving them on to the risk that summit ridge, and it wasn't sense. I don't know if they would have reacted differently if I were Japanese. Older, maybe... C-chan – I think you’re right. Sadly, something seemed to be driving them on to the risk that summit ridge, and it wasn’t sense.

I don’t know if they would have reacted differently if I were Japanese. Older, maybe…

]]> By: C-chan http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 C-chan Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:48:05 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/#comment-1242 Those people continuing to climb despite the storm coming. I'm pretty sure that they were 100meizan hunters who had just this one day to check Kinpu off their lists. That's what makes people do crazy things like this. I also wonder, would they have reacted differently if you were Japanese? Those people continuing to climb despite the storm coming.
I’m pretty sure that they were 100meizan hunters who had just this one day to check Kinpu off their lists. That’s what makes people do crazy things like this.

I also wonder, would they have reacted differently if you were Japanese?

]]> By: cjw http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 cjw Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:19:30 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/#comment-1225 Hi Tornadoes28 - it's bizarre, isn't it? Of all the dangers in the mountains, lightning has to be one of the easiest to both predict and avoid (with the possible exception of being stuck on a multi-day pitch on a big wall somewhere). The best case (best case!) scenario is that you get soaked to the bone. The worst case, and a not improbable one at that, is that you end up fried. Quite what possesses people to ignore such obvious danger is beyond me. More reports of lightning strikes over the weekend - one dead on Mt Takao, 2 injured on Mt Hinokiotake. Judging from the times, it was the same storm that hit the Southern and Central Alps on Saturday. Hi Tornadoes28 – it’s bizarre, isn’t it? Of all the dangers in the mountains, lightning has to be one of the easiest to both predict and avoid (with the possible exception of being stuck on a multi-day pitch on a big wall somewhere).

The best case (best case!) scenario is that you get soaked to the bone. The worst case, and a not improbable one at that, is that you end up fried. Quite what possesses people to ignore such obvious danger is beyond me.

More reports of lightning strikes over the weekend – one dead on Mt Takao, 2 injured on Mt Hinokiotake. Judging from the times, it was the same storm that hit the Southern and Central Alps on Saturday.

]]> By: cjw http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 cjw Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:03:55 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/#comment-1224 Kirt - the D80 and I have an understanding. I lug it, its lens and its tripod up to the top of the mountain, and in return it gets me some good photos :-) Fuji was looking great that morning. She always does. Hey Melanie - thanks as always for coming by - hope you enjoyed the vicarious workout!! Kirt – the D80 and I have an understanding. I lug it, its lens and its tripod up to the top of the mountain, and in return it gets me some good photos :-) Fuji was looking great that morning. She always does.

Hey Melanie – thanks as always for coming by – hope you enjoyed the vicarious workout!!

]]> By: Tornadoes28 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Tornadoes28 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:57:27 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/#comment-1223 There is something about summiting the mountain that controls people even in spite of obvious danger such as from lightning storms. Several years ago I climbed Mt. Whitney in California, a 14,500 foot peak. When I reached the top, a very scary litghtning storm overtook the mountain. Me a dozens of other people rushed off the summit. And yet, many more people continued climbing into danger. People die in lightning storms all the time on that mountain. There is something about summiting the mountain that controls people even in spite of obvious danger such as from lightning storms.

Several years ago I climbed Mt. Whitney in California, a 14,500 foot peak. When I reached the top, a very scary litghtning storm overtook the mountain. Me a dozens of other people rushed off the summit. And yet, many more people continued climbing into danger.

People die in lightning storms all the time on that mountain.

]]> By: Melanie http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 Melanie Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:09:35 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/#comment-1221 Amazing! You're posts always leave me speachless! Amazing! You’re posts always leave me speachless!

]]> By: Kirt Cathey http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Kirt Cathey Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:36:11 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2008/08/09/in-search-of-sunrise/#comment-1218 That shot of Mt. Fuji is awesome.... way to trigger the D80! That shot of Mt. Fuji is awesome…. way to trigger the D80!

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