After a 4 hour drive with 5 of us stuck in one car and a good nights sleep we hit the rocks the next morning. It was a little bright that day, so I figured I'd wear my cowboy hat for this climb.

There were five of us guys who were out climbing for the weekend and a couple of us had just reached the top of this peak. I handed my Canon 35mm /w a macro/fisheye lens attachment to one of them and asked hime to take this shot for me. My hands were kind of roughed up, but with the chalk on them you can't really tell.

On our way back to camp, I stopped to take this shot on the creek. The water may look nice, but it's only about 45 degrees and once we walked throught it we had to stop and let our legs regain the feeling in them before moving on.

Here is a shot about fifteen minutes away from Ogawayama climbing area in the Chichibu-Tama National park in Japan.

Here is a shot of me looking over the valley at Ogawayama from on to The Roof Rocks

It was my first trial, I remember saying "Can't move!", but struggling for fun.

easy granite crack. second pitch has a great view

I hate sport slab! 10b my ass...

classic problems

classic bouldering pose with japanese twist

perfect hand crack/corner

wish this was longer than 40 feet...

bolted crack (albeit thin) ... different than the sparsely bolted slab we climbed the last day

good cragging 15 minutes from campsite

Victor Area

Boulder in Forest