DAY 9: MT FUJI (PART 1)

mount. freaking. fuji.
this was definitely, in my opinion, the most memorable part of the trip.
just looking at the photos brings back a lot of feelings and memories haha.

i've begun to realize that pictures say more for me than most words. they're also more fun to look at than my awkwardly constructed sentences haha. but anyway, i'll give it a bit of context. basically, we left early in the morning for our long journey to the peak of mount fuji. we had to take the subway, train, and bus to get the the 5th station, which is basically the starting point of the hike. we were basically doing the sunrise hike, so that meant hiking ALL NIGHT to see the sunrise in the morning. we arrived at around 5ish, messed around at the "base" camp and started our hike a little after 7pm. was really fun, and we started out on a very light and positive note. we had our bags packed, food, water, pocari sweat, extra clothes, and our cameras out and ready. little did we know that the journey would become more of a fight for survival then anything else ... danng. we didn't make it to the top till around 4am ... over 9 straight hours of hiking through the night in freezing weather ... i dunno how we did it. honestly, i feel like i should write way more, but it was more of an experience than anything else. i'm glad we did it, but i'm not sure i can say that i'd like to do it again. maybe i'll write more later ... i'll just let the pictures do the talking for now.