Monday, June 28, 2004 - 6:04 PM KDT
Name:
taro
Dear Adam
I stumbled across your story on the Net
and was intrigued.
Ive climbed it on crutches and and Im an L-1/C-5 parapeglic who has lived in Japan more than 20 years.
I refer to the climb of "Fuji-san" that is The honorable Mr. Fuji or Mount Fuji on my newsblog two times.
See:
What kind of gimp gaijin tries to climb Mount Fuji 3 times?
https://www.angelfire.com/trek/taro/funtokyo/index.blog?entry_id=198458
Official climbing season for Mount Fuji
https://www.angelfire.com/trek/taro/funtokyo/index.blog?entry_id=177451
I see that youre figuring on a long version of the climb.
1...........5-6........1,786m.(5,947 ft)....Mitsutoge
2...........7-9........1,792m.(5,967 ft)....Mt Osakayama + Mt Kurodake + Mt Awazu
3...........7-8........1,738m.(5,787 ft)....Oishitoge + Onigatake
4............4...........Small hill................Aokighara Forest + Lake Shoji
5...........9-11.......c2,000m.(6,600 ft)..Mt Fuji 5th Station
6...........9-12........3,776m.(12,385 ft).Mt Fuji
The standard climb most people make is from the 5th Station. What ever you do, please dont make the mistake of starting from the Station 1 in the gray concrete city of Gotemba. This would be like starting at Nairobi Kenya to climb Kilimanjaro in the manner of first Westerners to do it the German geographer Hans Meyer and Austrian mountain climber Ludwig Purtscheller in 1889---- Its the traditional start but you will spend too much time in the outer slums of Kenya.
Sane Japanese people dont start at Station 1 and you shouldnt either. If you looking to make it a challenge, start hiking at the beginning of the national forest for Petes Sake.
Just want you to have a reasonably good time.
Yours truly,
Taro