Diehards

July 10th

This day will always remain in my heart. We decided to be diehards and climb Mt. Fuji even though a typhoon was scheduled to arrive. also we experienced an earthquake up there. For the most part the first 4 hours of climbing were idyllic. I started wondering what the big deal was.

Well at about the 5th hour my altitude sickness hit very seriously. At one point I couldn't breathe. Kojja stayed with me the whole time and slowed his pace to match mine. I was so touched by his patience and kindness. We finally got to station 8.5 and then the typhoon hit and we walked down the moutain for atleast 3 or 4 hours in serious heavy rain. YIKES. So now we can say we have been up Mt. Fuji. Once was enough - thank you very much.

The second picture shows the sunrise at Mt. Fuji.

ACL