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kiwi5frog: 2 am bus ride to Mt Fuji from Yokosuka
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kiwi5frog: 5am - Time to start the hike in the freezing rain
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kiwi5frog: Super dark path up to the 5th station
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kiwi5frog: 5th Station - Great place to buy souveneirs
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kiwi5frog: Wet Terrain in the morning
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kiwi5frog: Climbing up wet rocks. Thank god for hiking boots
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kiwi5frog: Stamping Souvenier
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kiwi5frog: 1st Stamp. Little did I know I would buy 20 of them
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kiwi5frog: 7th Station. I am already soaking wet and winded
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kiwi5frog: Nothing but stormy weather on my way up
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kiwi5frog: Scaling wet rocks. This was actually my favorite of all the different terrains to hike
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kiwi5frog: 3100 Meters. So many more to go
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kiwi5frog: How I really feel about hiking at this point
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kiwi5frog: View still sucks climbing through the clouds
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kiwi5frog: Taking a quick break. Sun occasionally shows through so I threw on my sunglasses and sunscreen just in case
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kiwi5frog: Terrain beginning to change to red colors
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kiwi5frog: Rocky Terrain
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kiwi5frog: So much loose gravel, but at least this part was flat without boulders
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kiwi5frog: Still slowly working my way up
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kiwi5frog: More cloudy weather, lots of volcanic rocks
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kiwi5frog: This sign was so random...it was placed weirdly and didn't make sense distance wise
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kiwi5frog: Stairs! I love stairs
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kiwi5frog: More Terrain
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kiwi5frog: More Terrain
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kiwi5frog: Every time I took a break, I would look to see how far before my next break would be
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kiwi5frog: OMG! The summit is near!
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kiwi5frog: I am excited!
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kiwi5frog: Still so far away.....
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kiwi5frog: Ooo Clouds
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kiwi5frog: So close...but so far away