Posts Tagged ‘mountain’

Off Piste

19 Aug 2010
In: Jalalabad, Today's Office
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A 5:30am start to the day to a drive down to Jalalabad for a number of interviews in the city and surrounds. There are a …
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Making Decisions Closer to the Edge

11 Apr 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Niseko
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Insurance vending machines for travelers at Haneda Airport (below) making it possible to sign up for snow-sports insurance at that moment where your meet the …
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Silence is Subjective

22 Feb 2010
In: Akedake, Future Perfect
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With cold + windchill + exhaustion + worse weather kicking it was probably the closest I’ve been to the edge where you really don’t know how it’s all going to turn out and the clock is ticking. There was a point where I’d trekked off to scout what was to be another failed route…
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Hold Hands, Skip Grids

14 Jan 2010
In: San Antonio, Today's Office
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A week of grid skipping ahead: late night flight to meet our friends in the North, then Shanghai via Tokyo. Photos? Last weeks view atop …
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Japanese Mountain Colour Palette

29 Dec 2008
In: Akedake, Cultural Norms
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Mountain Blessings

25 Dec 2008
In: Akedake, Today's Office
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500 Yen buys a donation to the spirit of the mountain on a day where every ounce of energy and smarts was needed to make …
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What Gives?

01 Aug 2008
In: Kabul, Today's Office
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Somewhere down there in the haze that is Kabul is my home for the foreseeable. This visit is an opportunity look beyond what ends up in …
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Into the Less Mild

18 Jun 2008
In: Today's Office, Yakushima
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It’s raining hard by the time I manage to find the start of the trail, tantalisingly located next to the local onsen. Two old dears, …
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Life is Shorter

05 May 2008
In: Akedake, Today's Office
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As you climb the bamboo fields become pine forest and eventually rock face, the gravel turns to ice and snow. Golden week here in Japan …
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Crowdsourced Weather Conditions

04 May 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Lhasa
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Late last week tried to get a sense of the snow conditions on the top of Mount Fuji – the official climbing season starts in …
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