Dan asked the origin of my avatar...that picture was taken during the descent from the summit of Mount Fuji. I had the opp. to climb it last August . We begin around 1800,climbed thru the night and made the Summit right around day break. Here are some more pics...
Mountain climbing...
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Here's a few more...
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Thanks for sharing. Is mount Fuji in Japan?
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Japan would be an interesting place for me to visit one day. Was the objective of your trip mountain climbing?
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How did it feel up there?
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How did it feel up there?
Altitude sickness is very real... everytime we'd stop I'd fall asleep almost immediately, nausea, and for several days after I had little to no appetite.You'd pant just standing still. But the views were well worth it, watching thunderstorms and other weather develop while looking down on 'em was incredible.
I was there for a short military assignment.
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I just realized that in the pic you are above the clouds. Is that for real?
I heard that eventually you get acclimated to altitude. I don't know how many days it takes.
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I just realized that in the pic you are above the clouds. Is that for real?
I heard that eventually you get acclimated to altitude. I don't know how many days it takes.
Yeah, we were above the clouds.:) It's really cool to watch clouds at the same altitude as you, they almost seem alive .
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Aaron, that's an awesome sight. Do you snowboard? We go to A-Basin in Colorado a lot because it's the last resort open in that area (1 1/2 hrs from Denver) every year. Into June. It,s the highest resort in the U.S..We were there the year before last on the 5th of June snowboarding in a snow storm. Baldy(top of A-Basin) is 13,680 ft and also an unbelievable sight. The lift takes you up to 13,400. So not the same as climbing 12,000 feet.
If you have more pics of Fuji, please post them. That's beautiful. -
Aaron, that's an awesome sight. Do you snowboard? We go to A-Basin in Colorado a lot because it's the last resort open in that area (1 1/2 hrs from Denver) every year. Into June. It,s the highest resort in the U.S..We were there the year before last on the 5th of June snowboarding in a snow storm. Baldy(top of A-Basin) is 13,680 ft and also an unbelievable sight. The lift takes you up to 13,400. So not the same as climbing 12,000 feet.
If you have more pics of Fuji, please post them. That's beautiful.Thanks, guys.
Yeah, I have done some snowboarding in the past, but it's been awhile. I am going back to Japan in February, and snowboarding is part of the goal this time around.
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