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It is cool and fine today. The temperature this morning will be 10 deg C.

I pedaled 17Km to the starting point for the climb, and walked up to the Mount Warning which was 1156m above sea level.

Because the mountaintop was sacred to the Aborigines, there were four lookouts around the summit. I saw a double outer rim of a dead volcano.

I was able to saw down to Murwillumbah where I stayed.

When I came back to the town and did shopping, somebody called out to me. It was Cipollini whom I had ridden together with in Japan! We were going to meet at a hotel, but stumbled across each other. I went to Chip and Lisa's house and I was served spaghetti with Italian cheese. Chip lived in Surfers Paradise, but, for the education of his children, moved to a country town last year. 33.73Km, 2h38m, 12.7Km/h , 4h for climb

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I went to Mt.Asama, this is the first mountain climbing for this year. We departed in the morning at 4:00. From Joshinetsu Expressway, I saw a clear mountaintop, and our expectation rose for a superb lookout. Mt.Asama is an active volcano, it had a small eruption in 2009. A radius of 2km from the mountaintop is a no-go area.

Halfway up the mountain, there is a shelter that can be used for protection in case the mountain erupts. But I think that the rescue team would not come even if we escaped into there.

I saw the mountaintop when we passed the ridgeline of the outer rim of a volcanic crater. Unfortunately the mountaintop was in a cloud, but the figure of the mountain had an attraction.

In the evening, we warmed our cool bodies in a hot spring. From an outdoor bath, I saw the mountain that we climbed a while ago.

We climbed some snowy mountains.
On the first day, it was clouded and sometimes snowed. We could not have a view. There was no icy road that I was afraid of, but there was a steep snow slope. So I attached crampons.
The supper at the Kitayoko hut where we finally arrived was luxurious sukiyaki.

On the second day, the weather was as bad as ever. When we ate breakfast leisurely, the sun shined suddenly.
The temperature points at 18 degrees below zero, however my motivation came forth suddenly like the sun and we began climbing. We had a splendid view from the mountain.

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Jeju island is the biggest island of South Korea. There is Mt. Halla, the highest mountain in South Korea. Halla is an old volcano and it's registered with UNESCO's World Heritage.

I went up the slope from the south coast to 1280 meters above sea level by bicycle. From there, I climbed the mountain trail to Wetse Oreum mountain cottage 1700 meters above sea level.

I saw a huge mountaintop dome and lots of parasitic cone volcanoes. There were a magnificent sight.

I climbed Mt. Kinabalu(4095m) in Malaysia which wanted to go if I had a chance.
We went from Narita Airport to Kota Kinabalu.

On the next morning, we begun to climb from Timpon Gate(1866m).

The first day, we climbed the stepped mountain trail to a rest house of Laban Rata (3,272m).

On the second day, we aimed at Lows Peak(4095m) the top of the mountaintop leaving at 2:30 a.m.
From photographs of the mountaintop is a terrible rock peak, but a rope is set in the dangerous points and while it is still gloomy, there is not a sense of fear.

Tourists from various countries in the world turned their head lamps.
I saw a lot of Islam women wearing tudung (scarf).

Breathing is painful at that altitude, but my willpower continues somehow because the altitude of Mt. Fuji(3776m), a sharp south peak (3,921m), 4,000m ;
near aims approached sequentially.

It is a mountain you can climb in two days, but the high place has scenery which I cannot see from other mountains.