climb mt. fuji

...but i’m going to climb mount Fuji again this year. I had a dream about my friends and I attempting to climb severely under-prepared (one of my friends thought a tarp would keep him warm and one wanted to bring an inflatable boat).

Gonna kick it’s arse this year and beat my time from last year… Going up should be easy to beat… took ages because there were so many people. Going down’s gonna be hard… ran down last time in 1 hr 40.

Joined the gym yesterday (and got a freakin’ cold last night) but it’s TRAINING TIME again! Yea!

Friends said it was the worst experience of their life. It was one of the best of my life. We didn’t make it to the top by sunrise, due to the sheer amount of people.

And… I RAN DOWN FUJI! I left the top at 8am and arrived at the fifth station at 9:40am. One of the best freakin’ achievements of my LIFE!

I meditated fot a while on the top, lucky not to get any altitude sickness. We went up with 8 and came back with 3. One ended up in a different prefecture. The Japanese ended up sleeping in huts for 3 hours. We all made it back to Tokyo safely.

Hell yeah!

...tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow. Finally. Been waiting 3 years for this.

After 2 years in Japan i’m finally doing this on…

August 25th

...with my brother and a group of good friends. Finally this one will be marked off (fingers crossed there are no typhoons).

Sadly, I left it too late this year, and when my friend and I did choose to go, all the busses were full and there was no other way of getting there. So, maybe again… next year.

I did have a chance to do it this season, but alas, my lack of fitness got the better of me. Next summer I will go on a 2 month fitness challenge so I can actually make it up the top. My friends have told me that it was one of the worst AND best experiences or their lives.