PeterR

Fuji is interesting to climb. I did it in the off-season and missed the old folks but I have heard great stories. My favourite was told by a friend of mine who saw an old guy keel over as if dead, his oxygen bottle rolling away and everyone else just continueing up the path paying no attention. My friend was near panic since he was less than a week in Japan and had no clue what to do but just as he was about to grab the guy and run down hill with him the gentleman jumped up and continued climbing. My friend was left standing there feeling like a total idiot.

When I climbed it Fuji-san has that peculier smell of ash and dumped urine although I understand that the mass dumping at the end of the day is no longer done.