Comments on: Ends of the Earth http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Clint Koehler http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-36844 Clint Koehler Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:41:58 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-36844 I have been meaning to get my act in order and check out your blog now that I am settled in.. I had seen a few shots on flickr of your Kinabalu climb, they are all quite stunning, but so are the shots from the Aka-dake climb at the beginning of your blog! Was cool to see your take on Kinabalu, I was still marching around with my D40 at the time and loved ever moment of it even though the altitude really kicked my ass for some reason. I packed up my heavy tripod and ended up never taking the damn thing out and then leaving it at the hut due to said altitude sickness setting in before the final ascent. Did you happen to explore much else of Borneo? We felt like we didn't have enough time to properly do that trip, looks like an awesome place to stay for a while! I have been meaning to get my act in order and check out your blog now that I am settled in.. I had seen a few shots on flickr of your Kinabalu climb, they are all quite stunning, but so are the shots from the Aka-dake climb at the beginning of your blog!

Was cool to see your take on Kinabalu, I was still marching around with my D40 at the time and loved ever moment of it even though the altitude really kicked my ass for some reason. I packed up my heavy tripod and ended up never taking the damn thing out and then leaving it at the hut due to said altitude sickness setting in before the final ascent.

Did you happen to explore much else of Borneo? We felt like we didn’t have enough time to properly do that trip, looks like an awesome place to stay for a while!

]]> By: satoshi213 http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-33827 satoshi213 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:37:10 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-33827 Your blog always remind me how beautiful Japan really is. I wish I can take picture like you do though! Your blog always remind me how beautiful Japan really is.
I wish I can take picture like you do though!

]]> By: Peter Skov http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-33800 Peter Skov Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:02:23 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-33800 You had me thrown there. I was reading your few words thinking that the reference to Borneo was a metaphor for a sudden warming of weather as we have experienced two or three times recently. I didn't know that the last photos really were from Borneo. I was thinking Yatsugatake all along and suddenly I was wondering where those cool rocks were. i have never seen anything like them in Japan. Well, great shots overall. Once again, I'm envious. You had me thrown there. I was reading your few words thinking that the reference to Borneo was a metaphor for a sudden warming of weather as we have experienced two or three times recently. I didn’t know that the last photos really were from Borneo. I was thinking Yatsugatake all along and suddenly I was wondering where those cool rocks were. i have never seen anything like them in Japan.

Well, great shots overall. Once again, I’m envious.

]]> By: Mustapha E http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-33784 Mustapha E Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:34:42 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-33784 Great Pictures Great Pictures

]]> By: Casey Bean http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-33676 Casey Bean Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:56:30 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-33676 beautiful pictures...i particularly like the second one and the first of the two night shots...nice beautiful pictures…i particularly like the second one and the first of the two night shots…nice

]]> By: CJW http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-33381 CJW Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:50:43 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-33381 Martin - the words will be back soon enough, I think. But I'm happy that the photos can stand in for a while! Adachihara-san - welcome! And thank you for your comment. But, in fact, the first shots are of Aka-dake in Yamanashi. I rolled the two trips into one post - sorry for any confusion... NaughtyFerret - the snow is on Aka-dake, in the Yatsu-ga-take range in Yamanashi. The moon was just incredible that night. I was tempted to climb to the summit under it. Hendrik - the perpetual conundrum, "should I take the tripod?"... I've got the lightest full size I could find at 400g, but even that gets taken out less often than it should. I imagine a man of your ingenuity could come up with an ultralight tripod? Hanameizan - these were taken about a month ago, in fact. We did indeed camp at Gyoja goya. It was Yuka & the OE's first winter mountaineering experience - a good time was had by all! David - glad to hear!!! Mikael - that's a relief. I was worried people would think I was getting lazy... Joe - aye, it's been a busy couple of months. There's more to come, just as soon as I find a moment to put fingers to keyboard.. Jason - that's high praise, thank you. Unfortunately I shot the first half of the Aka-dake day on ISO 800 by mistake.. I've started shooting in RAW and using Lightroom to sort the results out - I quite like the results! Unfortunately, that's all the photos from Borneo. I was only there over a weekend with the guys from work. It is beautiful, though, maybe I'll make it back there for longer next time. Vladimir - I wasn't sure about doing an all-photo post, but I knew that if I didn't get something out then the trips were going to start piling up on each other & I'd never get anything done. I'm a big fan of the snow, too, as you might have guessed :-) There's more coming soon! Martin – the words will be back soon enough, I think. But I’m happy that the photos can stand in for a while!

Adachihara-san – welcome! And thank you for your comment. But, in fact, the first shots are of Aka-dake in Yamanashi. I rolled the two trips into one post – sorry for any confusion…

NaughtyFerret – the snow is on Aka-dake, in the Yatsu-ga-take range in Yamanashi. The moon was just incredible that night. I was tempted to climb to the summit under it.

Hendrik – the perpetual conundrum, “should I take the tripod?”… I’ve got the lightest full size I could find at 400g, but even that gets taken out less often than it should. I imagine a man of your ingenuity could come up with an ultralight tripod?

Hanameizan – these were taken about a month ago, in fact. We did indeed camp at Gyoja goya. It was Yuka & the OE’s first winter mountaineering experience – a good time was had by all!

David – glad to hear!!!

Mikael – that’s a relief. I was worried people would think I was getting lazy…

Joe – aye, it’s been a busy couple of months. There’s more to come, just as soon as I find a moment to put fingers to keyboard..

Jason – that’s high praise, thank you. Unfortunately I shot the first half of the Aka-dake day on ISO 800 by mistake.. I’ve started shooting in RAW and using Lightroom to sort the results out – I quite like the results! Unfortunately, that’s all the photos from Borneo. I was only there over a weekend with the guys from work. It is beautiful, though, maybe I’ll make it back there for longer next time.

Vladimir – I wasn’t sure about doing an all-photo post, but I knew that if I didn’t get something out then the trips were going to start piling up on each other & I’d never get anything done. I’m a big fan of the snow, too, as you might have guessed :-) There’s more coming soon!

]]> By: Vladimir http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-33358 Vladimir Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:09:32 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-33358 More than a month without a post, I was getting impatient... But what you did here is just outstanding. Probably the best photos here (but I am biased, I like snow:) And while your writing is definitely captivating, sometimes I wished for a photo or two more... and then you come with this!! Thanks for the inspiration (to move my ...) and for the few moments in which we can see through your window. More than a month without a post, I was getting impatient… But what you did here is just outstanding. Probably the best photos here (but I am biased, I like snow:)
And while your writing is definitely captivating, sometimes I wished for a photo or two more… and then you come with this!!
Thanks for the inspiration (to move my …) and for the few moments in which we can see through your window.

]]> By: Jason Collin Photography http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-33191 Jason Collin Photography Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:24:14 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-33191 Maybe your best photography work to date Chris. Like NaughtyFerret, I was in Borneo but did not hike up Gunung Kinabalu. I had never thought about it in my loose preplanning for traveling in Borneo nor even after I arrived, plus I did not have proper footwear for such a hike. And trips to the top book up fast and cost a pretty penny. I stayed in a hotel walking distance from the national park and enjoyed hiking in the rainforest around its base and getting educated at the various lectures given in the park. I hope to see more images from Borneo. It's a great place that is going to disappear in our lifetimes most likely, unfortunately. Maybe your best photography work to date Chris.

Like NaughtyFerret, I was in Borneo but did not hike up Gunung Kinabalu. I had never thought about it in my loose preplanning for traveling in Borneo nor even after I arrived, plus I did not have proper footwear for such a hike. And trips to the top book up fast and cost a pretty penny.

I stayed in a hotel walking distance from the national park and enjoyed hiking in the rainforest around its base and getting educated at the various lectures given in the park.

I hope to see more images from Borneo. It’s a great place that is going to disappear in our lifetimes most likely, unfortunately.

]]> By: Joe http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-33120 Joe Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:25:17 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-33120 We hear nothing from you for a while then BOOM! you hit us with this collection of images. Wow. Thank you for sharing Chris. We hear nothing from you for a while then BOOM! you hit us with this collection of images. Wow. Thank you for sharing Chris.

]]> By: Mikael http://i-cjw.com/blog/2010/02/28/ends-of-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-33104 Mikael Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:55:37 +0000 http://i-cjw.com/blog/?p=468#comment-33104 Sometimes words aren't needed. Your pictures easily carry themselves without explanations as well. Sometimes words aren’t needed. Your pictures easily carry themselves without explanations as well.

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