{"id":2743,"date":"2016-10-26T10:47:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T01:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2016-10-26\/2743"},"modified":"2016-10-26T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T01:47:26","slug":"pleasant-social-ride-to-onyu-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2016-10-26\/2743","title":{"rendered":"Pleasant Social Ride to Onyu Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098167\" href='\/i\/JF4_098167.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098167_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Looking North at the Ocean Salvo, Lianca, and Manseki Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0), in the mountains a few hours north of Kyoto -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nfb=\"1\"\nid=\"i098167\"\ntitle=\"Looking North at the Ocean Salvo, Lianca, and Manseki Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0), in the mountains a few hours north of Kyoto -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098167.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098167.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Looking North at the Ocean<\/span>\n<br\/>Salvo, Lianca, and Manseki\n<br\/>Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0), in the mountains <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> hours north of Kyoto\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098167.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Looking North at the Ocean Salvo, Lianca, and Manseki Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0), in the mountains a few hours north of Kyoto -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<p>We had a nice social group ride to <a href='http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/35.386861%20135.791914'>Onyu Pass<\/a>,\n75km (47 mi) of mountain roads north of Kyoto. <span class='nobr'>The entire<\/span> trip was about 150km (93 mi).<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe class='ic' height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/754582503\/embed\/1aae3225605797a243da4b59753f860b5b3f85b7'><\/iframe>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i071358\" href='\/i\/MK_071358.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/MK_071358_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"517\"\nalt=\"Morning Meetup at the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge in Kyoto L-R: me (USA), Manseki (Japan), Ionut (Romania), Yifen (USA), Lianca (South Africa) (Salvo, from Italy, joined us a few minutes into the ride) photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\nid=\"i071358\"\ntitle=\"Morning Meetup at the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge in Kyoto L-R: me (USA), Manseki (Japan), Ionut (Romania), Yifen (USA), Lianca (South Africa) (Salvo, from Italy, joined us a few minutes into the ride) photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">SC-02H at an effective 21mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>540 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 50 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FMK_071358.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/MK_071358.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Morning Meetup<\/span>\n<br\/>at the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge in Kyoto\n<br\/>L-R: me (USA), Manseki (Japan), Ionut (Romania), Yifen (USA), Lianca (South Africa)\n<br\/>(Salvo, from Italy, joined us <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> minutes into the ride)\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Manseki Kanemitsu<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/MK_071358.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Manseki Kanemitsu'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Manseki Kanemitsu'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Morning Meetup at the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge in Kyoto L-R: me (USA), Manseki (Japan), Ionut (Romania), Yifen (USA), Lianca (South Africa) (Salvo, from Italy, joined us a few minutes into the ride) photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i097927\" href='\/i\/JF4_097927.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_097927_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"544\"\nalt=\"Morning Stretch or Wonder-Woman power pose, I don't remember ( the lens flare makes me think &amp;#8220; morning stretch &amp;#8221; ) Lianca was also present for my very first little ride 1&amp;frac34; years ago -- \u4e09\u6761\u5927\u6a4b -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i097927\"\ntitle=\"Morning Stretch or Wonder-Woman power pose, I don't remember ( the lens flare makes me think &amp;#8220; morning stretch &amp;#8221; ) Lianca was also present for my very first little ride 1&amp;frac34; years ago -- \u4e09\u6761\u5927\u6a4b -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_097927.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_097927.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Morning Stretch<\/span>\n<br\/>or Wonder-Woman power pose, I don't remember\n<br\/><span class='subtle'>( the lens flare makes me think <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>morning stretch<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> )<\/span>\n<br\/>Lianca was also present for <a href='\/blog\/2015-01-25\/2517'>my very first little ride<\/a> 1&frac34; years ago\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_097927.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Morning Stretch or Wonder-Woman power pose, I don't remember ( the lens flare makes me think &amp;#8220; morning stretch &amp;#8221; ) Lianca was also present for my very first little ride 1&amp;frac34; years ago -- \u4e09\u6761\u5927\u6a4b -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i097933\" href='\/i\/JF4_097933.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_097933_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"423\"\nalt=\"Departing Through Kyoto 7:24am -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i097933\"\ntitle=\"Departing Through Kyoto 7:24am -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_097933.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_097933.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Departing Through Kyoto<\/span>\n<br\/>7:24am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_097933.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Departing Through Kyoto 7:24am -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The first three hours would be just moving north, and would cover most of the length of National Route 367,\nthereby mostly mimicking the start\nof <a href='\/blog\/2016-10-09\/2737'>my recent <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Stupid Cycling Tricks<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> ride<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i097946\" href='\/i\/JF4_097946.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_097946_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Passing Through Ohara 8:01am -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i097946\"\ntitle=\"Passing Through Ohara 8:01am -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_097946.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_097946.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Passing Through Ohara<\/span>\n<br\/>8:01am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_097946.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Passing Through Ohara 8:01am -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i097970\" href='\/i\/JF4_097970.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_097970_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"First Big Climb up the hairpins to Hanaore Pass 8:49am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i097970\"\ntitle=\"First Big Climb up the hairpins to Hanaore Pass 8:49am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>80 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/11, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_097970.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_097970.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>First Big Climb<\/span>\n<br\/>up the hairpins to Hanaore Pass\n<br\/>8:49am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_097970.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"First Big Climb up the hairpins to Hanaore Pass 8:49am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i097973\" href='\/i\/JF4_097973.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_097973_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Being Overtaken by a faster group on one of the hairpins 8:51am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i097973\"\ntitle=\"Being Overtaken by a faster group on one of the hairpins 8:51am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/11, ISO 100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_097973.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_097973.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Being Overtaken<\/span>\n<br\/>by a faster group on one of the hairpins\n<br\/>8:51am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_097973.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Being Overtaken by a faster group on one of the hairpins 8:51am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i097975\" href='\/i\/JF4_097975.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_097975_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Kyoto's &amp;#8220; I Fall &amp;#8221; Tower so named (by me) because the 308 steps to the top will do that to you -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i097975\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto's &amp;#8220; I Fall &amp;#8221; Tower so named (by me) because the 308 steps to the top will do that to you -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>80 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/16, ISO 280 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_097975.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_097975.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Kyoto's <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><span class='nobr'>I Fall<\/span><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> Tower<\/span>\n<br\/>so named (by me) because the 308 steps to the top will do that to you\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_097975.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kyoto's &amp;#8220; I Fall &amp;#8221; Tower so named (by me) because the 308 steps to the top will do that to you -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I've cycled these hairpins eight times so far, but had never stopped for the view. Today was <span class='nobr'>a relaxing<\/span> ride, so <span class='nobr'>I indulged.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>The big tower<\/span> in the center is the subject of <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a href='\/blog\/2009-03-04\/1157' class='pt'>Kyoto\u2019s \u201c<span class='nobr'>I Fall<\/span>\u201d Tower<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>\nalmost eight years ago.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i097987\" href='\/i\/JF4_097987.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_097987_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"First Tunnel 8:57am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i097987\"\ntitle=\"First Tunnel 8:57am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/16, ISO 2000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_097987.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_097987.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>First Tunnel<\/span>\n<br\/>8:57am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_097987.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"First Tunnel 8:57am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i097989\" href='\/i\/JF4_097989.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_097989_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"370\"\nalt=\"Another Tunnel 9:05am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i097989\"\ntitle=\"Another Tunnel 9:05am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/16, ISO 1600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_097989.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_097989.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Another Tunnel<\/span>\n<br\/>9:05am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_097989.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Another Tunnel 9:05am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i097993\" href='\/i\/JF4_097993.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_097993_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i097993\"\ntitle=\"Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_097993.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_097993.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_097993.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098010\" href='\/i\/JF4_098010.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098010_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Theme for the Day riding on a road alongside a river 9:12am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098010\"\ntitle=\"Theme for the Day riding on a road alongside a river 9:12am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098010.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098010.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Theme for the Day<\/span>\n<br\/>riding on a road alongside a river\n<br\/>9:12am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098010.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Theme for the Day riding on a road alongside a river 9:12am -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098019\" href='\/i\/JF4_098019.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098019_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Big Salvo Smile 9:28am - taken while cycling at 39 kph (24 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098019\"\ntitle=\"Big Salvo Smile 9:28am - taken while cycling at 39 kph (24 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 1100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098019.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098019.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Big Salvo Smile<\/span>\n<br\/>9:28am - taken while cycling at 39 kph (24 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098019.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Big Salvo Smile 9:28am - taken while cycling at 39 kph (24 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Salvo had been getting into and out of an aero position just to stretch his back, and had to laugh when <span class='nobr'>I asked<\/span> him\nto repeat the process for the camera. <span class='nobr'>But repeat<\/span> it he did...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098023\" href='\/i\/JF4_098023.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098023_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Fake Aero 9:28am - taken while cycling at 43 kph (27 mph) (but we did speed up a bit, so perhaps not so fake) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098023\"\ntitle=\"Fake Aero 9:28am - taken while cycling at 43 kph (27 mph) (but we did speed up a bit, so perhaps not so fake) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098023.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098023.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Fake Aero<\/span>\n<br\/>9:28am - taken while cycling at 43 kph (27 mph)\n<br\/>(but we did speed up a bit, so perhaps not so fake)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098023.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Fake Aero 9:28am - taken while cycling at 43 kph (27 mph) (but we did speed up a bit, so perhaps not so fake) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098027\" href='\/i\/JF4_098027.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098027_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Back To Normal -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098027\"\ntitle=\"Back To Normal -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 1000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098027.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098027.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Back To Normal<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098027.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Back To Normal -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098031\" href='\/i\/JF4_098031.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098031_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Rest Stop 9:55am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098031\"\ntitle=\"Rest Stop 9:55am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 560 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098031.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098031.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Rest Stop<\/span>\n<br\/>9:55am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098031.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Rest Stop 9:55am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i095911\" href='\/i\/MK_095911.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/MK_095911_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Ready to Continue photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\nid=\"i095911\"\ntitle=\"Ready to Continue photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">SC-02H at an effective 21mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 50 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FMK_095911.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/MK_095911.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Ready to Continue<\/span>\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Manseki Kanemitsu<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/MK_095911.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Manseki Kanemitsu'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Manseki Kanemitsu'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Ready to Continue photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098035\" href='\/i\/JF4_098035.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098035_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Photo Op 10:14am - taken while cycling at 27 kph (17 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098035\"\ntitle=\"Photo Op 10:14am - taken while cycling at 27 kph (17 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098035.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098035.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Photo Op<\/span>\n<br\/>10:14am - taken while cycling at 27 kph (17 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098035.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Photo Op 10:14am - taken while cycling at 27 kph (17 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098041\" href='\/i\/JF4_098041.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098041_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Entering the Next Climb through an animal-control gate 10:18am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098041\"\ntitle=\"Entering the Next Climb through an animal-control gate 10:18am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098041.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098041.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Entering the Next Climb<\/span>\n<br\/>through an animal-control gate\n<br\/>10:18am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098041.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Entering the Next Climb through an animal-control gate 10:18am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098045\" href='\/i\/JF4_098045.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098045_sm.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Lovely Road -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098045\"\ntitle=\"Lovely Road -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098045.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098045.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lovely Road<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098045.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lovely Road -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098046\" href='\/i\/JF4_098046.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098046_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098046\"\ntitle=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 5600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098046.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098046.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098046.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098049\" href='\/i\/JF4_098049.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098049_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098049\"\ntitle=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 5600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098049.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098049.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098049.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098051\" href='\/i\/JF4_098051.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098051_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098051\"\ntitle=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098051.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098051.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098051.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098053\" href='\/i\/JF4_098053.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098053_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Steep Section 10:35am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098053\"\ntitle=\"Steep Section 10:35am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098053.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098053.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Steep Section<\/span>\n<br\/>10:35am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098053.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Steep Section 10:35am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098060\" href='\/i\/JF4_098060.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098060_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Still Lovely 10:41am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098060\"\ntitle=\"Still Lovely 10:41am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098060.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098060.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Still Lovely<\/span>\n<br\/>10:41am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098060.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Still Lovely 10:41am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098066\" href='\/i\/JF4_098066.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098066_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Severe Bonk some carbohydrates and a bit of rest and you'll be right as reindeer -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i098066\"\ntitle=\"Severe Bonk some carbohydrates and a bit of rest and you'll be right as reindeer -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098066.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098066.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Severe <a href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hitting_the_wall'>Bonk<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>some carbohydrates and a bit of rest and you'll be right as reindeer\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098066.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Severe Bonk some carbohydrates and a bit of rest and you'll be right as reindeer -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098068\" href='\/i\/JF4_098068.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098068_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Passing View -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i098068\"\ntitle=\"Passing View -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098068.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098068.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Passing View<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098068.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Passing View -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098070\" href='\/i\/JF4_098070.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098070_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Finally at the Top Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0) -- Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098070\"\ntitle=\"Finally at the Top Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0) -- Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 3600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098070.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098070.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Finally at the Top<\/span>\n<br\/>Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098070.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Finally at the Top Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0) -- Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098075\" href='\/i\/JF4_098075.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098075_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"? ? ? ? ? ( I've no idea ) -- Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098075\"\ntitle=\"? ? ? ? ? ( I've no idea ) -- Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 4500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098075.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098075.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>? ? ? ? ?<\/span>\n<br\/>( I've no idea )\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098075.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"? ? ? ? ? ( I've no idea ) -- Ohikodani Pass (\u5927\u5f66\u8c37\u5ce0) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098082\" href='\/i\/JF4_098082.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098082_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Chilly Descent the temperature hovered around 10~12\u2103 (low 50s F) all day -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098082\"\ntitle=\"Chilly Descent the temperature hovered around 10~12\u2103 (low 50s F) all day -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 360 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098082.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098082.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Chilly Descent<\/span>\n<br\/>the temperature hovered around 10~12\u2103 (low 50s F) all day\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098082.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Chilly Descent the temperature hovered around 10~12\u2103 (low 50s F) all day -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098088\" href='\/i\/JF4_098088.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098088_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Picturesque Waterfall one of many we passed... one of many I don't have the skill to capture well 11:11am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098088\"\ntitle=\"Picturesque Waterfall one of many we passed... one of many I don't have the skill to capture well 11:11am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098088.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098088.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Picturesque Waterfall<\/span>\n<br\/>one of many we passed... one of many <span class='nobr'>I don't<\/span> have the skill to capture well\n<br\/>11:11am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098088.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Picturesque Waterfall one of many we passed... one of many I don't have the skill to capture well 11:11am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098098\" href='\/i\/JF4_098098.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098098_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Challenging Descent lot of rocks mixed in with the leaves 11:16am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098098\"\ntitle=\"Challenging Descent lot of rocks mixed in with the leaves 11:16am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098098.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098098.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Challenging Descent<\/span>\n<br\/>lot of rocks mixed in with the leaves\n<br\/>11:16am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098098.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Challenging Descent lot of rocks mixed in with the leaves 11:16am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098103\" href='\/i\/JF4_098103.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098103_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Passing Through a Little Village 11:34am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098103\"\ntitle=\"Passing Through a Little Village 11:34am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 360 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098103.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098103.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Passing Through <span class='nobr'>a Little<\/span> Village<\/span>\n<br\/>11:34am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098103.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Passing Through a Little Village 11:34am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098111\" href='\/i\/JF4_098111.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098111_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Impromptu Bottle Refill 11:38am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098111\"\ntitle=\"Impromptu Bottle Refill 11:38am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 450 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098111.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098111.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Impromptu Bottle Refill<\/span>\n<br\/>11:38am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098111.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Impromptu Bottle Refill 11:38am -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098119\" href='\/i\/JF4_098119.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098119_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Mini Descent 12:01pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098119\"\ntitle=\"Mini Descent 12:01pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 2000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098119.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098119.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Mini Descent<\/span>\n<br\/>12:01pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098119.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Mini Descent 12:01pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098130\" href='\/i\/JF4_098130.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098130_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Bike Bling Ionut jokingly presented the ladies with flowers, with which they adorned their rides 12:09pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098130\"\ntitle=\"Bike Bling Ionut jokingly presented the ladies with flowers, with which they adorned their rides 12:09pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098130.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098130.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Bike Bling<\/span>\n<br\/>Ionut jokingly presented the ladies with flowers, with which they adorned their rides\n<br\/>12:09pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098130.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Bike Bling Ionut jokingly presented the ladies with flowers, with which they adorned their rides 12:09pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098133\" href='\/i\/JF4_098133.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098133_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Starting the Climb to Onyu Pass 12:13pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098133\"\ntitle=\"Starting the Climb to Onyu Pass 12:13pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 4000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098133.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098133.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Starting the Climb to Onyu Pass<\/span>\n<br\/>12:13pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098133.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Starting the Climb to Onyu Pass 12:13pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098139\" href='\/i\/JF4_098139.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098139_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Early Flyby View 12:26pm - taken while cycling at 12 kph (7 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i098139\"\ntitle=\"Early Flyby View 12:26pm - taken while cycling at 12 kph (7 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098139.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098139.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Early Flyby View<\/span>\n<br\/>12:26pm - taken while cycling at 12 kph (7 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098139.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Early Flyby View 12:26pm - taken while cycling at 12 kph (7 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>We all rode together for the first while, but <span class='nobr'>I eventually<\/span> had the idea to try to get some shots of the group\nfrom above, which meant going ahead enough to be above them on one of the many cutbacks.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098140\" href='\/i\/JF4_098140.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098140_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Ionut Forges Ahead 12:27pm - taken while cycling at 21 kph (13 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098140\"\ntitle=\"Ionut Forges Ahead 12:27pm - taken while cycling at 21 kph (13 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098140.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098140.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Ionut Forges Ahead<\/span>\n<br\/>12:27pm - taken while cycling at 21 kph (13 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098140.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Ionut Forges Ahead 12:27pm - taken while cycling at 21 kph (13 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098149\" href='\/i\/JF4_098149.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098149_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Susuki Grass sandwiched between a guardrail and a wonderful view 12:29pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (11 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i098149\"\ntitle=\"Susuki Grass sandwiched between a guardrail and a wonderful view 12:29pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (11 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098149.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098149.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Susuki Grass<\/span>\n<br\/>sandwiched between a guardrail and <span class='nobr'>a wonderful<\/span> view\n<br\/>12:29pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (11 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098149.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Susuki Grass sandwiched between a guardrail and a wonderful view 12:29pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (11 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Not coming across any good views of the road below with people in them, <span class='nobr'>I eventually<\/span> gave up the idea\nof getting <span class='nobr'>a picture<\/span> and decided to give <span class='nobr'>a real<\/span> effort for the rest of the climb.<\/p>\n\n<p>First I had to catch Ionut.<\/p>\n\n<p>We're more or less evenly matched, though he's <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> on the stronger side, but <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> the advantage\nof not having put in any real effort so far this day. <span class='nobr'>He had done<\/span> the previous climb in\n<a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/754351237\/segments\/18500631878'><span class='nobr'>a monumentally<\/span>-fast 21 minutes<\/a>,\nwhile <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> taken 37 minutes of lazy chatting and photography.<\/p>\n\n<p>Plus, he hadn't done this climb before so had no idea what to expect or how best to pace himself. <span class='nobr'>It was my<\/span> fifth time.<\/p>\n\n<p>So, I beat him to the top by 10 seconds.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098151\" href='\/i\/JF4_098151.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098151_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Ionut Finally :-) Arrives at Onyu Pass -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098151\"\ntitle=\"Ionut Finally :-) Arrives at Onyu Pass -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 360 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098151.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098151.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Ionut <i>Finally<\/i><span style='font-size:50%; vertical-align:middle'>\ud83d\ude42<\/span> Arrives at Onyu Pass<\/span>\n\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098151.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Ionut Finally :-) Arrives at Onyu Pass -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I'm really happy with my level of fitness these days (compared to my earlier self). Despite the slow start and the pauses for\nphotography, <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/754582503\/segments\/21770575638'>my time of 24:16<\/a> was <span\nclass='nobr'>a new<\/span> PR (personal record) by three and <span class='nobr'>a half<\/span> minutes. Compared to others in my\ngroup I'm still solidly <span class='nobr'>a middle<\/span>-of-the-pack rider; to get into KOM (<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>King\nof the Mountain<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>) territory I'd need to shave off an additional four minutes, and that's not going\nto happen.<\/p>\n\n<p>(UPDATE: it didn't happen for me, but it did for Ionut, who got himself into shape and by the next summer\n<a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1096894408#27005170763'>he crushed the KOM<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic wide' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098160\" href='\/i\/JF4_098160.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098160_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098160\"\ntitle=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 1600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098160.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098160.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098160.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098166\" href='\/i\/JF4_098166.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098166_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098166\"\ntitle=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 560 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098166.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098166.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098166.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i125306\" href='\/i\/MK_125306.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/MK_125306_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"491\"\nalt=\"Group Shot of sorts photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\nid=\"i125306\"\ntitle=\"Group Shot of sorts photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">SC-02H at an effective 21mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>950 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 50 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FMK_125306.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/MK_125306.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Group Shot<\/span>\n<br\/>of sorts\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Manseki Kanemitsu<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/MK_125306.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Manseki Kanemitsu'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Manseki Kanemitsu'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Group Shot of sorts photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><i>Manseki, why did you take the group shot without me?<\/i><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>\n<br\/><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><i>Don't worry, you were in background.<\/i><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class='ic wide tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098170\" href='\/i\/JF4_098170.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098170_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Looking North Toward Obama the ocean is hazy but visible, 15~20km (~10 miles) away -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i098170\"\ntitle=\"Looking North Toward Obama the ocean is hazy but visible, 15~20km (~10 miles) away -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 125 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098170.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098170.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Looking North Toward Obama<\/span>\n<br\/>the ocean is hazy but visible, 15~20km (~10 miles) away\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098170.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Looking North Toward Obama the ocean is hazy but visible, 15~20km (~10 miles) away -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The road continues on toward Obama and the coast, but the northern descent\nis not paved so I've not used this route for any of the\ntimes I've ridden to Obama (<a href='\/blog\/2015-07-25\/2600'>this<\/a>,\n<a href='\/blog\/2016-07-06\/2712'>this<\/a>,\nand <a href='\/blog\/2016-10-09\/2737'>this<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i125929\" href='\/i\/MK_125929.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/MK_125929_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Mountain-Top Break discussing the decadent chocolate yokan I had brought along photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\nid=\"i125929\"\ntitle=\"Mountain-Top Break discussing the decadent chocolate yokan I had brought along photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">SC-02H at an effective 26mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>590 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 50 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FMK_125929.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/MK_125929.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Mountain-Top Break<\/span>\n<br\/>discussing the decadent\n<a href='https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/gp\/product\/B00TQI609M\/'>chocolate yokan<\/a>\n<span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> brought along\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Manseki Kanemitsu<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/MK_125929.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Manseki Kanemitsu'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Manseki Kanemitsu'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Mountain-Top Break discussing the decadent chocolate yokan I had brought along photo by Manseki Kanemitsu -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Copyright 2016 Manseki Kanemitsu\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098174\" href='\/i\/JF4_098174.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098174_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Group Shot that I'm Actually In taken by an elderly couple who had driven up -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098174\"\ntitle=\"Group Shot that I'm Actually In taken by an elderly couple who had driven up -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 900 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098174.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098174.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Group Shot that I'm Actually In<\/span>\n<br\/>taken by an elderly couple who had driven up\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098174.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Group Shot that I'm Actually In taken by an elderly couple who had driven up -- Onyu Pass (\u304a\u306b\u3085\u3046\u5ce0) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098180\" href='\/i\/JF4_098180.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098180_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Descending 1:16pm - taken while cycling at 36 kph (22 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098180\"\ntitle=\"Descending 1:16pm - taken while cycling at 36 kph (22 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 720 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098180.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098180.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Descending<\/span>\n<br\/>1:16pm - taken while cycling at 36 kph (22 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098180.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Descending 1:16pm - taken while cycling at 36 kph (22 mph) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The main metrics for cycling as <span class='nobr'>a sport<\/span> are speed while climbing, speed over long distances, and intense sprint speed at the\nend of <span class='nobr'>a race.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>But I tend<\/span> to really enjoy fast descents, and tend to be very good at it, so that's what <span class='nobr'>I'll talk about. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Everyone had started the descent before me, but <span class='nobr'>I quickly<\/span> caught up with them and then spent the bulk of the descent placing myself\nsuch that my bike's two cameras (one facing forward, the other backward) might get good views of others, in case <span class='nobr'>I ever<\/span>\nfind the energy to edit the footage into an interesting clip.<\/p>\n\n<p>So, considering that I spent most of the time riding with the group and no time trying to make <span class='nobr'>a fast<\/span> descent, it's not\nsurprising that it wasn't my fastest descent of this mountain by <span class='nobr'>a long<\/span> shot. What does surprise me, though, is that even though\nit was only my third fastest, it was still faster than anyone else registered on Strava\n<a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/11254408'> has ever done it<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098185\" href='\/i\/JF4_098185.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098185_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"The Descent Ends 1:24pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098185\"\ntitle=\"The Descent Ends 1:24pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098185.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098185.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>The Descent Ends<\/span>\n<br\/>1:24pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098185.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"The Descent Ends 1:24pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098188\" href='\/i\/JF4_098188.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098188_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"South Through a Valley 1:25pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098188\"\ntitle=\"South Through a Valley 1:25pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 160 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098188.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098188.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>South Through <span class='nobr'>a Valley<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>1:25pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098188.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"South Through a Valley 1:25pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098197\" href='\/i\/JF4_098197.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098197_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"1:36pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098197\"\ntitle=\"1:36pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 360 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098197.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098197.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>1:36pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098197.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"1:36pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098201\" href='\/i\/JF4_098201.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098201_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"1:46pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098201\"\ntitle=\"1:46pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 720 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098201.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098201.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>1:46pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098201.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"1:46pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098207\" href='\/i\/JF4_098207.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098207_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"1:52pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098207\"\ntitle=\"1:52pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098207.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098207.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>1:52pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098207.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"1:52pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098209\" href='\/i\/JF4_098209.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098209_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"1:54pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098209\"\ntitle=\"1:54pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098209.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098209.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>1:54pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098209.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"1:54pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098217\" href='\/i\/JF4_098217.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098217_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Bicycle Maintenance 101 Lianca using the female version of The Force to fix her flat tire 2:03pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098217\"\ntitle=\"Bicycle Maintenance 101 Lianca using the female version of The Force to fix her flat tire 2:03pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 450 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098217.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098217.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Bicycle Maintenance 101<\/span>\n<br\/>Lianca using the female version of <i>The Force<\/i> to fix her flat tire\n<br\/>2:03pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098217.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Bicycle Maintenance 101 Lianca using the female version of The Force to fix her flat tire 2:03pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098221\" href='\/i\/JF4_098221.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098221_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"2:14pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098221\"\ntitle=\"2:14pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 3600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098221.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098221.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>2:14pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098221.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"2:14pm -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098227\" href='\/i\/JF4_098227.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098227_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"2:34pm -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098227\"\ntitle=\"2:34pm -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 2200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098227.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098227.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>2:34pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098227.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"2:34pm -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098229\" href='\/i\/JF4_098229.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098229_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"2:37pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (10 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i098229\"\ntitle=\"2:37pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (10 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 140 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098229.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098229.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>2:37pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (10 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098229.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"2:37pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (10 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098232\" href='\/i\/JF4_098232.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098232_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"2:39pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (10 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i098232\"\ntitle=\"2:39pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (10 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/8, ISO 900 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098232.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098232.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>2:39pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (10 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098232.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"2:39pm - taken while cycling at 17 kph (10 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098239\" href='\/i\/JF4_098239.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098239_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"The Glow of Satisfaction happy to be done with Nomi Pass (\u80fd\u898b\u5ce0) 3:04pm -- Nomi Pass (\u80fd\u898b\u5ce0) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098239\"\ntitle=\"The Glow of Satisfaction happy to be done with Nomi Pass (\u80fd\u898b\u5ce0) 3:04pm -- Nomi Pass (\u80fd\u898b\u5ce0) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/10, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098239.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098239.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>The Glow of Satisfaction<\/span>\n<br\/>happy to be done with Nomi Pass <span class='nobr'>(\u80fd\u898b\u5ce0)<\/span>\n<br\/>3:04pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098239.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"The Glow of Satisfaction happy to be done with Nomi Pass (\u80fd\u898b\u5ce0) 3:04pm -- Nomi Pass (\u80fd\u898b\u5ce0) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098249\" href='\/i\/JF4_098249.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098249_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"3:18pm -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098249\"\ntitle=\"3:18pm -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 1800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098249.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_098249.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>3:18pm\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098249.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-24'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"3:18pm -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>After climbing and descending Hanase Pass, we returned to Kyoto hungry and satisfied.\nSome of us got together for <a href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nabemono'>nabe<\/a> and drinks. <span class='nobr'>It was a<\/span> fun ending to <span class='nobr'>a fun<\/span> day.<\/p>\n\n<p>The only downside to the day for me was the descent to Kyoto from Hanase Pass.\n<span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> <i>shocked<\/i> to find that <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> made <span class='nobr'>a PR,<\/span> even though <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> stopped at one point to put on my windbreaker,\nand had generally ratcheted back the pace due to the encroaching darkness. <span class='nobr'>It's not a<\/span> descent that <span class='nobr'>I try<\/span> to go fast on\nanyway, because some sections of the road are brutally bumpy, making parts of the descent decidedly unfun.<\/p>\n\n<p>So, the PR was unexpected but not unwelcome. What was unwelcome was that the mount used to hold my front camera (Cyclic Fly12)\nand cycle computer (Garmin Edge 820) to my bike &mdash; a $60 <a href='https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01ACICJS0\/'>K-EDGE\nGarmin Mount XL<\/a> &mdash; snapped when <span class='nobr'>I hit<\/span> one of those bumps. <span class='nobr'>The whole<\/span>\nthing would have gone crashing to the ground at high speed except, thankfully, <span class='nobr'>I had a<\/span> backup tether for\njust such an eventuality. <span class='nobr'>I had been<\/span> thinking earlier in the ride that <span class='nobr'>I\nshould<\/span> just get rid of the tether because the mount seems so strong.<\/p>\n\n<p>Well, the mount <i>is<\/i> strong, but the bolts holding parts of it together, not so much:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i098260\" href='\/i\/JF4_098260.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_098260_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Bolt Sheared Off -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i098260\"\ntitle=\"Bolt Sheared Off -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Venus 60mm Super Macro f\/2.8 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_098260.jpg'>image data<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Bolt Sheared Off<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_098260.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2016-10-26'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Bolt Sheared Off -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2016 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div style='border:solid 1px #C00; padding:15px 1em; margin-right:3em'><b>Note:<\/b> There's an update on this issue in\n<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2016-11-08\/2748'>Update on my Bike-Mount Failure: K-EDGE Comes Through<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>.<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The mount arm is actually two separate pieces joined with two small bolts, an odd design that creates <span class='nobr'>a\nweak<\/span>-link-in-the-chain point of failure in otherwise robust construction. <span class='nobr'>I'm guessing<\/span> that in\nthis case, one of the bolts worked itself loose early in the descent, causing <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> of stress on the\nremaining bolt during subsequent bumps, eventually giving way on <span class='nobr'>a big<\/span> bump. <span class='nobr'>The\nvideo<\/span> of the descent becomes quite shaky leading up to the failure, lending credence to this theory.<\/p>\n\n<p>This <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>one bolt worked loose<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> theory surprises me for <span\nclass='nobr'>a couple<\/span> of reasons. <span class='nobr'>One is that<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> specifically\nchecked the bolts for looseness earlier in the ride, trying to track down <span class='nobr'>a rattling<\/span> noise from the\narea. <span class='nobr'>The bolts<\/span> were secure. (It turns out that the rattling is coming from within the Fly12\ncamera.)<\/p>\n\n<p>Furthermore, I thought that I had secured the two bolts <i>particularly<\/i> well, even using <a\nhref='http:\/\/na.henkel-adhesives.com\/product-search-1554.htm?nodeid=8797953753089'>Loctite 222<\/a> to prevent them from working\nloose. <span class='nobr'>I had noticed<\/span> one bolt working <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> loose <span class='nobr'>a\nmonth<\/span> or so ago, so took care to make them snug with the Loctite. Apparently it wasn't enough.... perhaps next time <span\nclass='nobr'>I should<\/span> use <a\nhref='http:\/\/na.henkel-adhesives.com\/industrial\/product-search-1554.htm?nodeid=8797709598721'>Loctite 262 High Strength Mil-Spec\nRed Threadlocker<\/a> :-\/<\/p>\n\n<p>I can understand a design like this from an ease-of-manufacturing point of view because it lets you create separate halves for\nconnecting to the bike and connecting to whatever accessory you want to mount, letting you then combine them in endless ways\nrather than having to specifically manufacture every permutation of bike-side\/accessory combo. Still, it seems to place an\ninordinate amount of trust on two little bolts, and on the user's ability to tighten them properly and maintain vigilance that\nthey remain tight.<\/p>\n\n<p>I reached out to the company to ask about <span class='nobr'>a similar<\/span> mount with unibody construction, and to their\ncredit they responded quickly with <span class='nobr'>a desire<\/span> to understand the failure and to make things right.\n(Merely by responding they have done more than TiGRA did when\n<a href='\/blog\/2016-08-22\/2724#oops'>my TiGRA iPhone mount failed catastrophically<\/a>,\ndestroying my iPhone; TiGRA didn't even respond.)<\/p>\n\n<p>I'll send the K-EDGE folks <span class='nobr'>a bunch<\/span> of photos and the video that shows the failure was during <span\nclass='nobr'>a ride<\/span> (and not, for example, during <span class='nobr'>a crash<\/span>), and we'll see how things go. <span\nclass='nobr'>Not sure I<\/span>'d want to trust the two-dinky-bolt design again. 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