Hey guys!
I am on a very exciting trip today
I am participating in the Willer Travel Mt. Fuji Climbing Tour
and if all goes well, I will be at the summit of Mt. Fuji
in time for the sunrise!
If any of you guys have plans to visit Japan
and you're interested in climbing Mt. Fuji
make sure you stay tuned until the end of this video
and I will be explaining all the details about this tour
and how you can participate yourselves!
Alright guys! We just arrived at the 5th station
There are so many people here today!
Last time I was climbing there weren't very many people at all
So I guess this is a good sign?
It probably means the weather is looking good!
We've got an hour rest before we start climbing
I'm gonna pack up my backpack
and do some stretching
and yeah!! Exciting!!
Breakfast of champions
So as part of our tour package
we got these awesome hiking backpacks
Which is definitely going to come in handy if it starts raining
I think that will protect our gear pretty well
And we got these hiking poles, which look pretty sweet
And we got these boots!
Which will be nice considering I climbed in converse last time
I'm climbing with Kasia today! From the Uwaga Pies
Go subscribe to her channel if you aren't already
Here we go! It's about 11:30 I think
It's going to take us 6 hours to get up to the cabin we're staying in for the night
For those of you that have been following me for the past couple of years
You know that I've climbed Mt. Fuji once
I've ~attempted~ to climb Mt. Fuji once
We only made it up to the 8th station that time because
the weather was ridiculously bad
and I'm really really hoping that it's nice this time!
I would really like to see the sunrise at the summit
Fingers crossed it doesn't start to rain!
We've been hiking for about 15 minutes now
and we're just taking a short break
I'm already really sweaty
I think we got a long hike ahead of us
but so far it's not raining! Yay!
So this is where we started
and we are here right now!
and the place we are staying tonight is all the way up here
So we got quite a ways to go
5.3km to go!
Lovely view down the side of the mountain
So here's where it starts to get a little steeper
But it's not too bad
I remember the stretch between 6 & 7 not being too bad
and 7 & 8 was pretty intense!
5km to go!
It's break #2 right now
I'm not sure where we are exactly
That was a good stretch
It felt like a good 20 mins maybe longer
The weather is really nice so far!
It's pretty foggy
But the fog is nice and refreshing, it's really cool
I saw the summit a minute ago, I think
Which was neat!
Because the first time I climbed it was pitch black
and I couldn't see anything!
I think once we get through this fog it might be pretty clear up there!
We have made it to the 7th station
From the 7th - 8th station it gets a lot rockier
As you can see. Kinda need to use your hands a bit
Along the mountain they have huts that sell snacks, drinks, gloves
All the stuff that you would need in an emergency
The higher you get up, the higher the prices go
If possible it's better to buy stuff lower down on the mountain and bring it with you
This hut on the 7th station has vegan curry!
Which is really cool!
They also have lots of other menu items it looks like
Oden, miso soup, lots of drinks
Each station you can get a stamp like this on your stick
To prove that you've been there!
Check it out! That's awesome!
I'm regretting not buying a walking stick now
Do I order the chai tea outside?
You can order here too!
I'll take one please
This chai tea is delicious
Check it out!
The weather's so nice you can see down the bottom of the mountain
That's cool
We're down to 3.2km!
Only 262 more minutes to go!
Alright guys, this hut that we can see at the top there
That is our goal for today
Getting pretty tired
But we're almost there!
And the weather's still nice, so I'm very grateful for that
We're getting pretty high up now
If you look off the side of the mountain, it's pretty scary!
We are staying at the highest hut of the 8th station tonight
Apparently we'll arrive there in about half an hour
And then we will get a 6hr break I think
Until we start hiking again to the summit
YES! Looking forward to that!
I can't believe how high up we are!
It kinda creeps me out when I look over the edge D;
Holy crap
Just not gonna do that anymore
It's getting chilly, it's nice!
Finally I'm starting to feel slightly cold, which is good
Up until a little while ago it was a bit too hot
1.7km to the summit!
The gravel is really colourful here
Not sure if the camera will pick that up, but it looks really neat
Check it out guys!
We made it to the hut that we're staying in tonight
It's so sweet! They're like bunk beds!
Looks like it's about 5 people per little section here
There's some people up in the top over there
More people over there
and they have these curtains to close it off
I'm so happy to be sitting down right now
Time to go downstairs for food!
For food we got rice, hamburger, curry, pickles and green tea!
I'm so hungry right now
I'm so excited for this warm meal
My hands are really cold
So this is gonna be nice
The staff and tour guides speak English!
I bought some postcards down by where we were eating
They were selling international stamps as well
If I fill these out and get the stamps all ready
When we get up to the top of Mt. Fuji there's a post office up there!
Hey guys, it is 10pm now
I slept for about 2 hours
and I woke up and it was light inside
and I was like OMG did we miss the sunrise!?
But someone had just turned the light on inside our room
All is good, it's only 10pm
We're gonna leave at about 1am to start climbing again
And then we should be at the top of the mountain in time for the sunrise
Some pretty nice washrooms on the mountain! (Considering it's a mountain...)
But there isn't much running water
So you won't find any sinks or places to wash your hands
1:45am! Time to start the climb to the summit
We're just heading up to the torii gate at the 9th station now
Which means we are at 3600 metres!
176 to go? Is that right?
I dunno. It's too early for math, but we're almost there!
We reached the summit!
We made it!
Just as the sun is starting to rise! Perfect timing!
I made it guys!
I'm at the top of Mt. Fuji! How cool is that!?
And we made it just in time for the sunrise!
It was so beautiful!
There's some clouds in the way so I don't think we'll get a perfect view of the sun
But still pretty awesome!
It was so horrible to only make it up to the 8th station last time
But this trip was just amazing!
Everything went perfectly
Kasia made it too!
Yaaaaay!!
Now we are hiking to the crater
Whoaaa this is scary
I don't like this
Probably the best part of the whole trip
We came into one of the huts on top of the mountain
I got some oshiruko! I'm so happy!
I was just thinking WOW, I really wish they had oshiruko here!
and one of the stores did!
This is a red bean soup, it's sweet and warm
I am so excited to drink this!
Alright it's time to leave the summit, head back down to our hut
and have some breakfast!
We're back at our hut now
And it's time to eat breakfast
before we head down the mountain
Looks like we have rice, egg and fried salmon
Well most of our Fuji trip is over
and we're headed down from the 8th station now
Headed towards the 5th station, we're gonna get on the bus!
Apparently it takes about 3 hours to get back down to the 5th station
The weather's really nice, it's kind of windy
It's a little bit chilly up here
I'm sure once we get down a little lower it's gonna be pretty hot again
Once thing I really liked about hiking as part of a tour group
is that I got to meet lots of new people!
and I made some really cool friends!
We made it back down the mountain! YAY TEAM!
And this is the best ice cream I've ever had in my entire life
Well that concludes 24 hours on Mt. Fuji!
I had such an amazing time!
I really hope you guys enjoyed coming along with me
and experiencing the trip with me
If you would like to experience this whole thing yourself, you can do that!
I will explain the whole tour package
This is the tour package that I participated in
It's actually really affordable, I was so surprised!
And it came with everything that you need!
You don't need to worry about bringing your own gear
You don't need to worry about food
You don't need to worry about a place to stay
They cover all of that
One of the really cool parts is that the guide spoke English
So if you have any issues, you can talk to them in English
You don't need to worry about knowing Japanese or anything like that
The Willer website has a really cool guide
with all the clothing and gear that you should bring when climbing Mt. Fuji
One thing I would really want to add is SUNSCREEN
I got a horrible sunburn
So definitely bring lots of sunscreen and reapply it constantly
Here's the schedule for the tour dates
If you would like to join one of these
You can reserve a spot on their website
I will link everything down below, so check the description box
If you guys decide to join this tour
Please leave a comment down below and let me know how your experience was!
Thanks for watching guys, and I'll see you soon! Bye!