Mount Fuji

Luckily we started our Mt. Fuji ascent in the sunshine at the usual 5th station. The first day we did about 4 hours of hiking on the Kawagushi-ko track, finally stopping at the "not real" 8th station mountain hut. Deciding that we would prefer to hike during the day rather than at night we hunkered down to sleep along side hundreds of other climbers.




Unfortunately when we woke up for the 4:45 am sunrise the rain clouds had covered our view. With mom feeling a little sick, we left her at the "real" 8th station, and summited the mountain in fierce
winds.








Our hike back down was more of a fun slide down the volcanic ash. We choose the ash covered trail, Subashiri track, which allowed us to return to the bottom of the mountain without destroying our knees.