Weather: Fine
Wind: Northerly Wind
Temperature: - 0.1 degrees Celsius
Barometer: 790 hPa

I woke up at 7 a.m. in the morning. We started late today as we worked long hours yesterday. So I tried to be quick to get ready for the day. The wind was blowing quite strongly outside. I would guess its speed was probably around 12 to 13 m/s.

Nagatani on the move!

When I was taking down the tent, a problem happened. Yesterday I forgot to dry my boots by leaving them outside. Even considering that we worked until late yesterday, it was no excuse. It was totally careless of me.

I put up the tent again and started the stove in order to dry my outer and inner boots. The inner boots were not made of a strong material, and there was a hole that made my toes very cold. Knowing that we forgot a needle and thread, we puzzled over how to fix it.

In the end, we decided to cut a small upper part of the inner boots and attached it over the hole in the toe. We used a piece of wire and dental floss as a substitute for a needle and thread. Although I hadn't done any sewing since my school years at elementary and junior high school, I was quite good at it. Ohba-san commmented jokingly to me, "you can start a sewing business." Now that the hole was closed up, it was quite comfortable to wear the boots.

After fixing the boots, we started skisailing westward. We made rapid progress using 4-square-meter skisails. But then the wind became too strong and it turned into a blizzard. So we stopped there and set up the tent.