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santos@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp (Rafael &) writes:
> I will climb Mt.Fuji in the beginning of August, can somebody give me
> some tips ? For example, things that you should take, or forget.

I climbed last year.  Had a blast.  But damn, was I cold!
You'll sweat your arse off till you get to the point where even the trees
say, "Hey man, you ain't gettin' me up there!"  They sell hot can coffee
at the top for 500 yen and I bought three or four.

I also made the mistake of not climbing it in one pop.  A lot of people
think that it's easier to rest for the night halfway up the mountain
(Hachi-gou me).  I think that that sleeping for two hours then getting up
at three a.m. to make it to the top for the sunrise and then not getting
there in time anyway is $@$+$($F(J not fun.  Better to do it $@$$$C$Q$D(J.

The yamagoya at the top charge 6000 yen for one night with dinner and
breakfast.  The portions are $@$5$9$,(J small.  Maybe better to lug your own
food, which I will attempt to do day after tomorrow.  I'll let you know
how it turns out.

They sell these two-meter eight-sided sticks at the base, which you get to
carry up and pay money to get stamped at each checkpoint.  These sticks
actually have a name in the dictionary, but I forgot what it was.  I'm
going to take a pair of old jeans and see if they'll stamp them instead.
Lighter, less unweildy, and much more fashionable.

As for a camera, make sure your batteries are new.  Chemical processes
have a frustrating way of slowing down at lower temperatures.  (I have no
record of my last trip!)

More comments next Monday!

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David Wuertele, Yasuda Lab, Electronic Engineering, Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo.				dave@windsor.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp