hey all,
My curriculum design course instructor shared this video, and I love it.
Cheers,
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Two Trips, Lost in Translation
hey all,
I wish I could take credit for the picture below, but it is not mine.
The peak in the middle, after the steep drop coming from the right, is the first peak of Kaerazu no Ken. Then there is the double peak to the left of that, and then the triple peak to the left of that.
Those peaks took us about 3 hours to get through. But I get ahead of myself.
View September 2012 Trip in a larger map
The first day was pretty similar to the last trip, but with a much shorter hike the first day: only about 1hour. The next day, we woke up at 5, and hiked for about 8 hours before reaching our lodging for the night.
(I should warn you that there is some profanity on one of those videos.)
Then a nice long rest, a good meal, and then we were up at 4:30 for the last day. Another 7 hours or so took us back to the gondolas, buses, and trains headed back to Tokyo.
The hike was pretty unremarkable, except for that 3 hour stretch of Kaerazu no Ken. That was some white knuckled, if-I-slip-now-they-won't-find-my-body climbing. It was really foggy, so visibility was low, plus there were the extreme ascents and descents and strong winds to contend with. The fog also kept condensing onto the chains and nearby plants, which the wind would whip and splash into our faces. Thankfully we had decided to stay at the lodges instead of camp, so our packs were relatively small and light, since we weren't carrying tents, sleeping bags, gas stoves, or dinner supplies.
I wish I had some good pictures of us going through this area, but it is not the kind of place that you just rest and stop to smell the roses. But here is one I took.
The fog makes everything hard to make out, but behind Michi there is no or less a straight drop. Behind me is a narrow rock face (which on the other side of that there is a sheer drop), and that rickety steel ladder crosses a straight drop.
Last week was also relatively uneventful.
This weekend, we went to a famous resort on the beaches of Zushi, which is just an hour or so away from our apartment. Her parents belong to some club, and we were able to stay there really cheaply.
Earlier today, we watched The Dark Knight. I kept glancing at the Japanese subtitles below, and they seemed to be doing a decent job of keeping up, except in one place.
In the subtitles, it says "You know what chaos causes/makes happen? Fear" instead of "You know the thing about chaos? It's fair." In other places, such as the end where Harvey makes a speech about fairness before Batman takes him out, the translation follows the English pretty well. Not sure why the translator chose to do that, but hey.
One more week, and then we will head over to a zoo at work.
Cheers,
I wish I could take credit for the picture below, but it is not mine.
The peak in the middle, after the steep drop coming from the right, is the first peak of Kaerazu no Ken. Then there is the double peak to the left of that, and then the triple peak to the left of that.
Those peaks took us about 3 hours to get through. But I get ahead of myself.
View September 2012 Trip in a larger map
The first day was pretty similar to the last trip, but with a much shorter hike the first day: only about 1hour. The next day, we woke up at 5, and hiked for about 8 hours before reaching our lodging for the night.
(I should warn you that there is some profanity on one of those videos.)
Then a nice long rest, a good meal, and then we were up at 4:30 for the last day. Another 7 hours or so took us back to the gondolas, buses, and trains headed back to Tokyo.
The hike was pretty unremarkable, except for that 3 hour stretch of Kaerazu no Ken. That was some white knuckled, if-I-slip-now-they-won't-find-my-body climbing. It was really foggy, so visibility was low, plus there were the extreme ascents and descents and strong winds to contend with. The fog also kept condensing onto the chains and nearby plants, which the wind would whip and splash into our faces. Thankfully we had decided to stay at the lodges instead of camp, so our packs were relatively small and light, since we weren't carrying tents, sleeping bags, gas stoves, or dinner supplies.
I wish I had some good pictures of us going through this area, but it is not the kind of place that you just rest and stop to smell the roses. But here is one I took.
The fog makes everything hard to make out, but behind Michi there is no or less a straight drop. Behind me is a narrow rock face (which on the other side of that there is a sheer drop), and that rickety steel ladder crosses a straight drop.
Last week was also relatively uneventful.
This weekend, we went to a famous resort on the beaches of Zushi, which is just an hour or so away from our apartment. Her parents belong to some club, and we were able to stay there really cheaply.
Earlier today, we watched The Dark Knight. I kept glancing at the Japanese subtitles below, and they seemed to be doing a decent job of keeping up, except in one place.
In the subtitles, it says "You know what chaos causes/makes happen? Fear" instead of "You know the thing about chaos? It's fair." In other places, such as the end where Harvey makes a speech about fairness before Batman takes him out, the translation follows the English pretty well. Not sure why the translator chose to do that, but hey.
One more week, and then we will head over to a zoo at work.
Cheers,
Monday, September 17, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Sword of No Return
hey all,
That is where Michi and I are going this weekend. It is a hike very near where we went last time, and the Sword of No Return (Kaerazu-no-ken) is this knife ridge of steep drops and rises that runs south from Mt Shirouma.
More later. Still need to pack.
Cheers,
That is where Michi and I are going this weekend. It is a hike very near where we went last time, and the Sword of No Return (Kaerazu-no-ken) is this knife ridge of steep drops and rises that runs south from Mt Shirouma.
More later. Still need to pack.
Cheers,
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