Mt. Fuji - Conquered
July was a very busy month. There were two weddings (one on each coast of the US), a trip to Asia with Alex, keg kickball and of course a giant move out to Pittsburgh, PA. Not to be confused with Pittsburgh, CA. But I’ll just cover Mt. Fuji for now…
This little adventure started out at the crack of dawn on July 7th where we caught a bus out of Tokyo to make our way to the trailhead on Mt. Fuji. We started hiking around noon and made our way up to the mountain hut in the early afternoon - about a 4 hour hike. Our Japanese guide was leading us at a snails pace but the view was too gorgeous for me to care too much. After a quick dinner, we napped till midnight to continue our climb in the dark. The point was to get to the top and be able to watch the sunrise from the top of Mt. Fuji. Unfortunely, after another 4 hours, we were just surrounded by clouds. A sunrise from the top will have to wait for another trip. =) All in all it was a pretty fun climb and brought back memories of Mt. Whitney, Shasta and Olympus from my Boy Scout days. That would take another trip out to Japan which I think I could manage. Yum. =)
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