9.17.2009

Amateur Spelunking; Journey to the Highlands

Shots from our mountain ramblings last saturday...

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shrine at the entrance to the cave


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descending into the cave by phonelight


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onward, inward


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underground stream


     After realizing the road got pretty wet from here, we headed back out to the light of day... back out to cloudy yet blinding above-ground Kochi, but not before an ultra-dramatic, almost camera-breaking pitch dark underground mud-bail from yours truly. Fantastic. Came out grinning stupidly, covered in mud, gleeful that I'd managed to self sacrafice and get my body in between the earth and my camera once again (I've practiced this manuver on a number of unplanned occasions).
     We jumped into the cars and headed for higher ground. As we climbed the winding road up to the top of Tengu Kogen, we found ourselves winding further up into the thick, cloudy white. Thinking we had picked the wrong day and that these clouds were bound to choke out our chance at a view of the highlands, we couldn't have been more surprised as the road continued up, shooting our car onward and upward, above the clouds and into the wide open. Glory be.



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 lisa, leeako, melissa, gary, michelle

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