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It was a good welcome for fellow Torontonian JET Dani Guo, who came out to Japan with us in 2009:
However, the conditions made driving a pretty major pain in the ass for Mark and Lindsay, who ferried Dani and I around all weekend.
The worst of it had to be the Friday night, when Mark (with me as his co-pilot) attempted to drive to Sapporo New Chitose airport to pick up Dani, but was only able to make it as far as Teine, just outside Sapporo, as the conditions were so bad that they shut down the expressway. That was a harrowing drive that left us, at times, completely unable to see the road in front of us. There were points where the blizzard outside seemed to continue far deeper into the coastal tunnels than it had any right to.
We were staying at Mark's place on the Friday and Saturday night, so on Sunday morning we took a run at Iwanai-dake, his local ski-jo. It was a short, very powdery thing, and the best part was being able to snowboard down past the chalet, down the hill into the parking lot, and right to the rear of Mark's car without unstrapping.
Sunday night, Ross let us crash at he and Risa's fantastic log cabin in Hirafu village, and he also let me amateur around with his 10-24mm lens.
2010-2011 Mountain Days 5, 6, and 7
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