missing in action

this photo was taken in april (yes april) on top of akan mountain in hokkaido. (i'm in the red jacket). we all snow shoed to to the summit with our packs in search of the cabin.....the weather was pretty intense but luckily after a 2 hour hike and another hour searching at the summit, we did find the cabin. as you can see it was half burried under snow. thank you duncan for digging out the doorway.

we spent the night all curled up around the coal fireplace having a few drinks, tokes, singing and eating the wonderful grub we had prepared. paul even brought his guitar (although james carried it up).

what a wonderful time this was. we were totally isolated on-top of a mountain in one of japan's most beautiful national parks. i really miss this aspect of my life.