Nothing like a Chu-hi at 9:30 in the morning to work up courage for the climb. (Ed was the only one doing the hair of the dog.)
Shinkan Men
The first part isn't so hard so far. Training and Talking.
Tickets Please!
The ticket guy took forever and still got the tickets messed up. Just made the Shinkansen and got things sorted on board.
Jiri Joins!
Jiri joins the team at Shin-Osaka. The team is coming together!
The Team Comes Together
Doug, Ed and Nathan meet up at Ashiya Station and catch a train to the Shinkansen.
Catching the Cable
In living on a mountain myself, Rokko-san, to make it in to town is just a short walk to the cable, and then down.
Clear Morning!
It is a beautiful clear morning as we start the day for the climb. Of to meet up with the team. Wish us Luck!
The FU**-*** TEAM!
Doug needed to put together the best of the best of the best. These
are the men that rose up to that challenge.
From the top left corner, clockwise; Mike AKA Scout, he has seen a
picture of our target, and will help us locate it, Ed AKA Charmer, if
the team gets into trouble, hello charm, goodbye harm, Barry AKA Fire,
when the going gets cold, he turns up the heat, Jiri AKA Tunes, No
Music No Life, nuff said, Nathan AKA Geta, whatever you need, he will
geta it, and in the middle, the fearless leader Doug AKA Brains, he
talked us into this, so he must the smart one (or we're just....).
Anyway, this is the band, the group of six, the ones to attempt this
mission. This is (drum roll please) THE FUJI-SAN TEAM!!
The Route
The route that we have chosen to take is the "Fujinomiya-Guchi". It
starts around 2400 m. The estimated travel time is 4 to 7 hours up and
2 to 3 hours back down. Our plan is to meet at ShinFuji-Station at
16:45, have dinner and drive a rental van two hours to Station 5. We
plan to leave Station 5 around 22:00 and climb to the top by 4:30
(hopefully). Sunrise should be around 5:15 and then we start the track
back down. The main climbing season is July and August. Since we are
going one week after this there should be fewer people than usual, but
the huts above Station 7 are closed.
The Man With The Plan
Here we find our fearless leader Doug pondering over the maps one last
time. Hopefully we are not taking the route with the dinosaurs.
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