Bogakudai
Temperature: minus 21 degrees Celsius at Bogakudai
After the training Mt.Tokachidake 18, K alone went to Bogakudai for the continuing training. Dr.K didn’t come. After the descent, he did the interval training. During the climb, when traversing the KTV, at the moment where the sun was setting, the temperature went down considerably and he felt the tickling sensation to his pharynx inhaling the air. The voltage of the camera's battery went down considerably because of this cold and he couldn’t take pictures anymore. One of two tail lamps began to malfunction because the voltage had gone down. This low temperature lasted just for 10 to 15 minutes. According to the data of the AMeDAS (Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System) in Shibinai, not far from here, just at the same time, temperature fall of 5 degrees Celsius during 50 minutes.
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