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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1998. PAGE 15.
Teacher recounts trek to top of Mt. Fuji
Editor's note - Carrie Fortune
of Belgrave has been teaching in
Japan for two and a half years..
Having written to The Citizen upon
her arrival, Carrie, who will be
returning home this fall has
submitted two more articles telling
about her life in the east.
Some of my co-workers have
been afflicted with a strange type of
insanity. It seems to affect gaijin
(foreigners) who have been in
Japan longer than a week. It's
called "Goijin in Japan - must
climb Fuji." It's a form of insanity
that seems to be spreading.
Mt. Fuji is Japan's highest
mountain at 3776 metres (12,495
ft.) The official climbing season is
quite limited, July and August, but
every year thousands of people
hike up Fuji-son.
The guide books all mention that
you don't need any special
equipment to climb Fuji-san. (This
sounds good, doesn't it?) They also
mention how hundreds of people
climb Fuji-san every day in the
summer, including children and the
elderly. They make it sound easy.
Oh, they do mention something
about the walk up taking several
hours and needing adequate
supplies for the trek, but hey, if a
90-year-old man can do it, a couple
of young gaijin should have no
Continued from page '7
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problems right?
One of the first indications that
climbing Mt. Fuji might be a bit
more difficult than my co-workers
thought came when Tim, another
co-worker, returned from his hike
up Fuji-san. Tim looked like a
boiled lobster and was swollen
from too much sun. He was
exhausted, stiff and sore (an
understatement), cold, thirsty and
hungry. He had not brought enough
supplies with him.
He also mentioned something
about feeling ill on the long, long
climb to the top. Admittedly, this
might have had something to do
with the fact that, after visiting
friends in Tokyo, he was drunk
when he started the climb.
Despite Tims tale of climbing
horror, two of my female co-
workers decided to climb Mt. Fuji.
I declined to join them believing
that with my luck, I'd fall off the
edge of the mountain.
Based on the shape Jill and.
Jennifer were in when they
returned, I made the right decision.
Jill and Jennifer set out late in the
day for Fuji-san, their plan being to
climb the mountain at night when it
is cooler and reach the summit in
time to watch the sun rise. Not a
bad plan, right? But in Japan,
nothing goes according to plan.
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They hit their first problem when
they arrived at Fuji-san late in the
afternoon only to be told that the
last bus for Station 5 (the starting
point) had left already. Eventually
they found a bus and two hours
later, and on a different side of the
mountain-than they had intended,
they began their climb.
They purchased their walking
sticks (which get marked whenever
you reach the next station) and
gloves so they could grip rocks as
they climbed. Please remember the
guidebooks give the impression
that while long, the climb isn't that
bad. The books neglect to mention
that you climb on sand, loose rock
and have to scramble over large
boulders.
As their climb continued, Jill and
Jennifer became less enthusiastic
about their decision and stopped
focusing on getting to the top,
instead focusing on getting to the
next station. This is when they
discovered that the Japanese had
played a cruel joke on them. There
are 10 stations on Fuji-san with
number five being the main starting
point and 10 being the summit.
While my co-workers knew this,
what they didn't know was that
each station had- sub-stations. They
would leave-one station, arrive at
the next station over -an hour later
only to discover they were at the
"same" station. Station eight had
six substations!
After nine hours of climbing they
made it to the top and were able to
watch the sun rise. A breathtaking
experience as they stood above the
clouds and watched the birth of a
new day. After the sun had risen
they wandered around the top of
Mt. Fuji and bought over-priced
souvenirs at the stores conveniently
located at the top of Fuji-san for
your shopping pleasure.
Other people worshipped at a
small shrine or relaxed with a beer
bought at one of the stores. They
also encountered a 90-year-old
Japanese man who had just
completed the climb for the fifth
time. He was, according to Jill and
Jennifer, in better shape than they
were.
After a short rest period they
started down the mountain. Five
hours later they crawled onto a
train that brought them home.
By the way, the old man they met
at the top of the mountain passed
them on the way down.
Jill and Jennifer were barely able
to walk the next day and found
sitting and standing to be difficult
procedures. Both had bright red
sunburns and were extremely tired.
To say that work that day was an
uncomfortable experience would be
a gross understatement.
So, have I succumbed to the Mt.
Fuji/Gaijin madness yet? Well, I
am planning an excursion to Fuji-
san soon. I don't plan to climb it
though, I plan to admire its beauty,
take some pictures and not take one
step past station five.
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