We drove to the 5th Station(五合目) by Too Kok's car. 2300m above sea level.
View of the peak from the 5th Station.
Good cool weather.
Prayed for safety.
神社 was closing
Sunset at 5th Station. Feels like Heaven
After this, we had dinner, rested for a while and set off at 7pm.
We climbed slowly and reached the peak at 3am. 3756.4m
Sunrise that day was 4.30am. We did not book any space at any one of the huts, so in order to shelter ourselves from the chilling wind, we resorted to sleeping in the toilet.
Ansley's Silhouette
4am, Sun was rising and we were lucky enough to get a space to set up our cameras.
Sun was just below the horizon
Lighting up the clouds
Mr. Sun finally emerged
A slightly closer view of Mr.Morning Sun.
I did not bring my zoom lens, so that was the biggest of the sun I could get with a 10-22mm.
Sun brightened the land
revealing mountain range, lake, and plains
Crowd at the peak.
That was the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen! Some people had climbed Mt.Fuji numerous times but never got to see it. That was how lucky we were!
After almost a hundred shots of the sun, the sky fully brightened up. We then went to stamp our walking sticks with evidences showing that we had conquered Japan's Highest Peak. At 6pm, we slowly made our way downhill.
Melting Ice on the mountain.
Last Shot from Mt. Fuji
The descending path was a damn boring never-ending series of Zig-Zags! Huts (and toilets) were so far apart that I had to hold my bladder for nearly an hour! I was seriously considering climbing Mt.Fuji again this season but that stupid descend turned me off.
We reached back at the 5th Station at around 8.30am.
