On July 5th Amy, myself and my two brothers, Victor and Ethan hiked up Mt. Fuji, and had quite an experience! To start off, we got lost driving to Fuji so that it took us twice as long getting there. Second, by the time we got to Fuji, we couldn't find the starting point that we desired (there are several routes up the mountain). Thirdly, we were climbing at night so we could try to catch the sunrise at the top. Fourthly, it was getting late, so we just picked a starting place and happened to pick the lowest one we could have picked! We started at 1440 meters elevation (the lowest start point) where as the normal start point was at 2500 and the summit is at 3776 meters. It took us 8 and a half hours to the summit and 3 hours back down (we started at 1:00 a.m.) Thankfully we were on the east side and so were able to see the sun rise halfway up. It got significantly colder on the way up so that we were all bundled up as if for winter but coming back down during the day, the sun beat down and we got quite a bit of sun and heat, especially as we got lower and lower in elevation. Also, at the summit I was able to give a Bible a a small tract along with it to a man we met up there. We got back, tired and sleepy, but having had a lot of fun!
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