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Leaving Kazuno and heading up Hachimantai pass. I fucked up. Told gf it would be fine. Just 1000 ft climb over 5 miles to get to the top where we could visit the hotsprings. So hard, but we could do it.
We had adopted a policy of we'll ride together, but on the uphills I would just slam through them and wait at the top. I got about 1/2 way there and was totally gassed. It felt so hard. Just kept shoving Calorie Mates down and inching out some climb. Yet it seemed like i was making no progress.
About 3/4 of the way there I'm thinking something is wrong. Look at the map and realize it was over 1000m of climb. Gf showed up hours later and looked dead. I confessed and felt so bad. So we slept at a campground near the top.
