The Descent (Mount Fuji IV)
After about 40 minutes, we started the descent. Fortunately, the descending trail is separate from the ascending trail, and much wider and gradual. However it is predominantly loose gravel, so you have to keep steady and maintain balance all the time because it is very slippery. By 7am, the weather had cleared and the sun came out. For all the difficulty faced during the ascent, the view we had now during the descent made all our effort worth it. We were still above the clouds, but there were some clearings in the clouds, and the sky was a brilliant clear blue.