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In article <DAVE.92Jul16111650@appi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp> dave@appi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp (David Wuertele) writes:

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

Oh-oh. Seems I'm in trouble again... Well, I'll try the climbing
anyway.

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

That's what we are going to do. Hope I am more lucky...
I forgot to say, we are not going in a organized tourist pack (sp?) or 
something else, we are going by ourselves. Maybe this increases the
confusion. 

Dave>The yamagoya at the top charge 6000 yen for one night with dinner and
Dave>breakfast.  The portions are $@$5$9$,(J small.  Maybe better to lug your own
Dave>food, which I will attempt to do day after tomorrow.  I'll let you know
Dave>how it turns out.
Dave>They sell these two-meter eight-sided sticks at the base, which you get to
Dave>carry up and pay money to get stamped at each checkpoint.  These sticks
Dave>actually have a name in the dictionary, but I forgot what it was.  I'm
Dave>going to take a pair of old jeans and see if they'll stamp them instead.
Dave>Lighter, less unweildy, and much more fashionable.

Hey, Dave, seems that you are going again, or the jeans story is just a joke ?
But I will buy the stick, as a souvenir. And go up with the jeans. :)

More tips on food-to-take, drinks-to-take and what-NOT-to-take, please !

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

I will take a light (photo) camera with lots of film rolls and spare
batteries. Maybe I will not need all of this, and I can sell it in the
top of Mt.Fuji by ten times the regular price :) :) :) :)
I will take also a more-or-less light 8-mm video camera.

Dave>More comments next Monday!

Waiting for it !

P.S.: I will post to fj.rec.travel and fj.rec.travel.japan an invitation
to other people that wants to join this discussion.

Rafael Santos : santos@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp
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