I awoke early from my slumber knowing that today a formidable task lay ahead of me. One that had been lingering in the back of my mind intrepidly for some time. For today I would attempt to tackle the Bandai-Azuma Skyline, my greatest feat thus far. The road traverse’s for some 30km through the Azuma mountain range at an average height of 1,350 metres above sea level, the highest point in the road being 1,622 metres, just a short depreciation from the peak of Azuma Ko-fuji, an active stratovolcano which sits at 1,707 metres. Down upon the deck it was apparent that I was in for quite the challenge. And as I sat outside 7-eleven bracing myself and supping on a preliminary coffee I was being curiously eyed by a local sat in his vehicle. My
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