I realized in my previous post I neglected one topic: water. Prior to the trip I believed it was better to bring up (and down) too much water than not enough. I have changed my mind for two reasons. Water is heavy. And water or other liquids can easily be purchased along the route. The […]
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Lessons Learned: Mt. Fuji August 3-4
My son and I successfully completed our hike up Mt. Fuji this weekend. After a day of recovery I am now ready to share a few pearls of wisdom. Hiking in this location is more difficult than other hikes around Japan, due to a combination of a) steep incline, b) thin atmosphere, and c) slippery […]
Climbing Mt. Fuji
Updated 7/25: My son and I are planning to climb Fuji-san late next week. I climbed once about 15 years ago. This time is for the kids (one of them anyway). I thought I finished planning this morning, and I reserved the bus from Shinjuku, in a day trip that would get us home by […]