Mount Fuji

Last weekend, I have climbed Mt. Fuji, together with our smart intern: Ozan. At some points it was very tough (ascent was 7 hours in continuous rain, at night, with low oxygen), but the views from the summit were rewarding! A funny incident was that when we lost our way (cause all the signs are written in Japanese...), we have met Yukiko, who has also lost her way. After that, the 3 of us were climbing together. This was very good for us, since her equipment was much better than ours: vitamins, oxygene, self-heating patches ...
Another funny thing was that during the decent, we have met friends from Ozan (I think the chances for this are 1:1000000000): they were quite friendly! Only thing I could criticize is that Himani has made a patent for the root of all evil ;-)

Now for the pictures!


Ozan with his head-mounted (of course!) lamp.


Ozan and Yukiko, still happy, after 3 hours of hiking.


I was already a little beaten at that time.

Or maybe I was very beaten?!



Fortunately, I was not the only one ;-)


Self-heating patches (thanks to Yukiko!!). Typically used as traps for cockroaches, because they love the heat.
The image on the front of the patch is so lovely---typically Japanese ...


We have made it to the summit!





Above the clouds...