Mt.Tokachidake (Mt.Tokachi) 96
Temperature: minus 18 degrees Celsius at the Tokachidake Hot Springs (Tokachidake Onsen).
He waited for the snow removal finished to start. It was cold. Just after the start, he heard once the sound of frost crack. The snow was rather well compacted beneath 700m of altitude but passing this altitude, it became a little muddier. At 750m of altitude, the content of bottle was completely frozen. At 1200m of altitude, the surface of cycle computer began to freeze. After the interval training at the summit, he descended. However, he once stopped at 600m of altitude to recover the hands because they had become numb due to this cold.
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