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Mountaineers on the summit of Kasagadake watch the continuing eruption of Ontake (Photos taken on 28 September, courtesy of A Mikami/H Yamada, Fukui Mountaineering Club) |
Geological timescales and human lives converge but rarely. When they do, there is tragedy. It seems unfitting to comment on the Ontake disaster from something as frivolous as a blog. Instead, the Vox Populi column in the Asahi Shinbun says what needs to be said.
