Rally

     Rallying is one of my hobbies. When I was a university student, I was addicted to driving a car as fast as possible on the forest roads. I'd like to join the competition that is held overseas, for example the Southern Cross Rally in Australia or the Safari Rally in Kenya, but I couldn't because I was a medical student and had an incredibe amount of work to do, so I couldn't spare the time for it.
     Though I didn't drive a rally car lately, I enjoyed a rally as an official. Today, a rally was held by DCR, a motorsports club which I belong to. The rally area was in the center of Shikoku, the highest area of Shikoku. That's the reason why this rally is called the "Summit of Shikoku" rally. It was raining all day long. I was head of the rescue staff because I am a surgeon. I mean I was one of the executives. I was expecting to stay in the headquarters where all the information of the rally was gathered. I could have avoided the rain and mud there.  However, I was asked to stand by at the starting point of some special stages that were thought to be the most dangerous. The course conditions were horrible. The road was muddy and slippery. Besides the course was on the cliff. As you can imagine, if an accident occurred, I had to zip to the scene and give some emergency care to the crews. I was so tired and wet to the skin.
     The photos show some rally cars that are waiting for inspection before starting.