We finally reached the 5th station at 9am. At the trail exit gate, we saw people (friends/relatives of climbers) waiting there to congratulate the climbers. At the waiting area (beyond the exit gate), we saw/heard more speeches and cheering. Shortly, buses started arriving with people about to start their climb; most of them could recognize that we had just completed ours, and gave us the kind of look at fresh army recruits would give newly-returned war veterans. It felt great!
So in total, we had climbed for 13 hours (10 on the way up, 3 on the way down) over a span of about 19 hours, with minimal sleep. There is a saying in Japan that goes "everyone must climb Mount Fuji once, but only a fool climbs twice".. Haha!
The above narration is mainly from buddy climber and bf. Last pic - SORE BUT PROUD LEGS taken by bf after we completed the climb.
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Lol - sore but proud legs, the shoes looked pretty sore but proud too lol!
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