

Fuji, Japan
This was a tough climb. I wasn’t expecting it to go on for so long. I knew it was a mountain, but it was colder and steeper than expected. We had a group of 44, only myself and one other guy were foreigners. There was a very enthusiastic guide who kept us all together very well and seemed very authoritative and experienced despite my not understanding anything he said. There was also a helper who stayed at the back of the group, the whip. He said he did abo...