Some pictures taken during my work ski trip to Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan. We spent 4 full days skiing at Rusutsu Ski Resort and the experience was awesome! 🙂 it was great to be back in an environment that felt so familiar and comfortable….. and it was also a good feeling to look up at the slope and know that you can be up there in like mins – in a ski lift!
me with Lisa Araki, a volunteer with Hokkaido YMCA – in the typical Jap pose. She’s funny! 🙂
love the wide slopes and powder snow!
Lisa on the left and Shinbo on the right – both from Hokkaido YMCA and superb skiiers and instructors!
On the summit of East Mt – and the start of one of the intermediate trails. Gulp, it’s actually quite scary cuz you can’t see the bottom of the slope, only a steep drop off!
the kids on the ski trip could ski so well – much better than me! 😛
students from a high school in Osaka taking ski lessons on the beginner slope
Organised by YMCA of Singapore in collaboration with Hokkaido YMCA – they are simply superb! and the kids look so cute!
Sight-seeing in Sapporo after the ski trip
Site of the Olympics in 1972 – can’t imagine skiing down that slope man
and finally the farewell dinner at Sapporo Beer Garden. Free flow of juicy lamb… yummy!
Yihui’s first foray into the outdoors was climbing a snow-capped mountain during a Technical Mountaineering Course in New Zealand back in 2003. She has since developed a passion for hiking and climbing mountains in extreme places.