From the peak of Mt. Kurodake !

 by Kazu

It might be the first time for me to reach a peak of  mountain alone without my wife after our marriage. I felt a kind of independence for a few minutes.

 The steep hillside covered with snow had been a little bit too tough for my wife if she had accompanied.

Trekking in that season should be completed by myself, I thought. It was tall order to shake up her courage on such hillside.