The second team (Anna, Mike, Kurt and Scott) stayed over in Glacier Springs in Kurt’s cabin and started climbing around 6:30 am. Greg has ultimately hooked up with the second team right before the final ridge as Piotr and Sopocka Torpeda (Torpedo from Sopot) – Martin were ahead.

The climb was great and the weather was just perfect. It took us between 6-7.5 h to get to the top. Personally the last 200m were the hardest for me. At around 3000m the thin air was definitely kicking in. The smell of sulfur from the vents near the crater was not helping… Hanging out on the top was still a great pleasure.

Here are some photos from this trip

One of the many types of Intuition Liners

Here are the home fitting instructions I have received from Rob at Intuition Sports Inc.

Steps:

1. Take out your fit kit from your liners; this includes 1 pair of fitting socks, 1 pair of toe caps.

2. Take your old liners out of your boots and replace them with your new Intuition liners.

3. Remove 1 fitting sock from the package.

4. Fill the sock with 3-4 lbs of long or short grain white rice. That’s right, fill it with rice! Use 3 lbs. of rice for sizes 9 and below and 4 lbs. of rice for sizes 10 and above.

5. Now tie a knot at the end of the sock. A figure eight if you know how or a granny knot will also work.

6. Spread the sock out on a counter and form it into a large, long sausage shape.

7. Place the rice sock into your microwave oven; be sure to keep it in an even tubular shape.

8. Set your oven on one of the following settings based on the ovens wattage output 700W – 7 min / 1000 – 1100W 5 min / 1200 – 1250W 4 min

9. Heat the rice sock in the oven for the specified time.

10. Place the toe cap on your foot, left or right your choice. Be sure to place the Intuition logo on your big toe.

11. Place the other fitting sock over the toe cap and pull up the sock evenly, eliminating all wrinkles.

12. When the timer goes off pull your rice sock out of the oven by the knotted end. Be careful it’s hot and you could get burned!

13. Hold it by the knot and place it into your liner. You will need to work the rice sock into your liner by hitting the boot into the floor multiple times first on its heel and then on it’s toe. Keep on tapping it into the floor going back and forth between the heel and toe until the rice sock has settled deeper into the liner.

14. Set a timer for 5 – 7 minutes and let the boot stand with the rice sock inside the liner.

15. Remove the rice sack after at least 5 minutes and place your foot in the boot liner with your toe cap on securely. Buckle up or lace up your boot to the normal tension settings. Keep weight on your boot for 5 – 7 minutes, walking around occasionally.

16. You are now done. Remove your foot, take off the sock and toe cap and get ready to do the next boot in the same way.

If you have any questions or concerns give us a call at (604) 879-9231or send us an e-mail info@intuitionliners.com

Have fun and enjoy your new liners.

www.intuitionliners.com

What summarizes this hike is: great views of Mt. Shuksan and Mt.Baker, open meadows, rock gardens and amazing abundance of blueberries (September).

There is a primitive campground at the lake. If you are lucky you can hear the thunder like rumbles of falling rocks and ice from the Upper and Lower Curtis Glaciers. We were

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Sauna, BBQ salmon (courtesy of Duane) and bonfire jamming, good times as usual.

My friend Rick Lata was there on Saturday and shot a great kiting video. Enjoy (You will need Flash Player V10 or higher to view it)

I was quite astonished how many different and unknown in North America cars exist in Japan. Many of them very cool and funky. My rough estimate is that out of all the cars I have seen during my trip only about 10-15% were the ones that are also known in North America. This group consists mainly of the Japanese cars, European cars and some American cars.

The Japanese cars from the first group look the same but often have different names than their North American counterparts. An example here could be Isuzu Trooper which in Japan is called Isuzu Bighorn.

Out of Europe in the lead are Audis, VWs, BMWs, Volvos and Mercs. Out of US, I have seen few Jeeps, one or two H2 and few Chevys. I acually saw few Japanezy/boxy Chevrolets which I have never seen in the North America.

The remaining 85-90% is a plethora of cars made by Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Daihatsu, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Subaru and Isuzu. It is really amazing how many different models I have seen for the each manufacturer. I kept running into many interesting new cars every day.

It seems like the predominant car these days in Japan is a car with the boxy look. Think Scion or Nissan Cube. These come in different sizes and forms. Some “Smart Car like” super tiny, others in the size of our minivans.

Close to this group are minivans with some very cool ones from Toyota and Mitsubishi. The fifth generation of the Mistubishi Delica (D5) is out. It is substantially bigger than the imported from Japan “cult” Delica (Generation 3) we know in Canada. Also it seems that it has lost the ”hippy/adventurer/surfer” look. Personally I think that the Delica Gen 4 (Space Gear) is cooler that the most recent one.

My favorite group – SUVs had many interesting specimens unknown in America. Toyota Prado, Mitsubishi Pajero, Mitsubishi Pajero Mini and few more.

In general there are many funky looking, economical small cars. These have yellow license plates as opposed to the white plates which are reserved for what is considered a big cars (Mini Coopers had a white plates).

This is a rare find. A Mitsubishi Model 73. This is a Japanese Self Defense forces vehicle and it is probably impossible to purchase it. It is based on Pajero model. I also found out on the web that this vehicle in civilian version was exported to New Zeeland. This was my favorite car along with Delica Space Gear (D4) and Honda Crossroad.

I did not see Inifinitis or Acuras but came across few Lexuses. I also did not see any Toyota FJ Cruisers.

More cool cars below: