Hi Readers!
I climbed Mt. Fuji last weekend with some friends and it was an absolutely horrendous experience...raining and windy and cold. Literally there were moments I thought that we were going to die on the mountain without feeling warmth again. We climbed through the whole night (7pm-4am) in the miserable condition. Rested at one of the midway huts (8.5) for an hour to warm up. I bought gloves and instant noodles on the mountain to try and warm myself up...didn't work too well but probably helped me survive. I think I walked the entire way up with my head down, trying to keep the blowing rain out my face. Near the top my backpack began to freeze as it was below freezing. We got to the top, there was no sunrise - just a bunch of clouds and fog obstructing everything in view. But then as we proceeded down, voila! The clouds disappeared and the gorgeous landscape came into view.
Everything we suffered on the way up was forgotten. Cameras were taken out. Millions of transistors were recharged or discharged with new digitized picture data.
It was a great and memorable day. I'll never forget the experience. I'll be back here another time.
PS: Some pictures below!
-FCDH
Our starting group, 14 people.
One view from the top.
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reading this post again I can empathize much more after I hiked up pike's peak last weekend. I, however, hiked during the DAY, and hitched a ride back down. Sounds like a great experience.
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