Mt. Fuji ,last climbing in this year

I tried to climb Mt. Fuji with staffs of my hospital in this time.
I worked as a tour guide!?
But a typhoon has coming and we gave up going to the top.
In other prefecture many people have died because of this typhoon.
The most important thing is to be safe when you climb mountains.....

Today's training 16km trail& road
monthly mileage for August:　54km(monthly target 350km)

Mt. Fuji (third stage) & Bad day...

I went to climb up Mt.Fuji.Climbing to the summit is the second time in this year.
There was already no snow and easy to climb it up.
It was very fine today so I tried to take many photos, but I forgot to let battery into the camera.....
Moreover I dropped suntan cream into a toilet and more I dropped my mobile phone somewhere....!
It was bad day. But bad day has not continued. Always good day will come after that!

Today's training 21km climbing Mt.Fuji
monthly mileage for July:　175km(monthly target 350km)

Mt. Fuji climbing record

This was the fourth time that I climbed Mt. Fuji in this year. But it was the first time to climb it with friends. This time the member was 6 including me and three of them were clearly short of exercise!
I was afraid we couldn't reach the top. I was deeply impressed that the most important thing was to come back safely. To tell the truth, I had NEVER thought we could reach the top.
It was rainy but no windy, so we decided to start. There were many other climbers.

Rainy→slippy, but so cool→→chilly...

On the way to the top it began to rain so hard that I had to decide to stop the climbing. But while resting the rain had stopped!


I was very impressed that we all could reach the top! It was the hardest day in my life!?? This time was fantastically harder than that time when I climbed alone.



A sea of clouds.

After finishing the mountaineering, it had gotten fine for a while(for a few minutes). The spectacle view blowed out our tiredness.

Yesterday's training: 1okm (very about)
Monthly mileage for August: 93km(monthly target 200km )

Mt.Fuji Radar dome museum

In the base of Mt. Fuji there is Mt. Fuji Radar dome museum. The radar dome was the building for the weather observation which was built on the top of Mt.Fuji. It could find typhoons much earlier than used to be. But after weather satellites appeared, it was no longer worth. Anyway you can see the movie how it was built. I was very impressed with it. It is worth seeing.

The Rador dome was removed from the top of Mt.Fuji.
Today's training: 8km (including interval)
Monthly mileage for July 169km(target 250km)

Mt.Fuji (first time in this year)

This is the point I started. "馬返　Umagaeshi" means they couldn't ride horses from this point.


It was raining, so I should watch out my steps not to slip.


It was so chilly. There were stil a lot of snow, and I couldn't climb up to the top.


Next time I wish I could go to the top.

Today's training: 17km (Mt.Fuji trail)
Monthly mileage for June: 199km

Mt Kumotori and Mt Fuji

I woke up at 4:00 am and went to Okutama. The bus was full of hikers and most of them were the 50's or 60's(?). Their power was admirable! I climbed up Mt Kumotori at first where we could see the marvelous Mt Fuji, then run along the mountain ridges. It was a good season to see the autumn scenery, such as colorful fallen leaves. Finally today's goal was Moeginoyu(Onsen).

world above the clouds

Mt Kumotori (highest in Tokyo) and Mt Fuji(highest in Japan) Can you see Mt Fuji?

Mt Fuji again.... I declare that I'll challenge the Mt Fuji climbing race next year again.

trail running in the autumn breeze

Today's training: 30km trail running