I wanted to land a big "stone fish" Japanese trout. That translates to Iwana. But alas, the fishing "season" had ended and I didn't have the nerve, nor the energy to spend the hours that fly fishing deserves down in the deep gorge you see here where the big trout live.

What I did instead was to hike my butt off up the hills and camp in very cold nights, warm and toasty in my "mountain hard wear" REI sleeping bag.