Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!mmcatv.co.jp!agnes-news.agnes.aoyama.ac.jp!news.assist.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp!news.nagoya-u.ac.jp!nfeed.gw.nagoya-u.ac.jp!news-sv.sinet!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!news-east.rr.com!news.rr.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp.waia.asn.au!203.59.27.186.MISMATCH!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: "www.ozdeai.com" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <443e38e8$0$32096$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> <1144934712.893509.252670@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Climbing Fuji-san Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:06:58 +1000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Lines: 23 Message-ID: <443f9e6a$0$32050$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.217.85.116 X-Trace: 1145020011 per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au 32050 203.217.85.116 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:162332 wrote in message news:1144934712.893509.252670@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com... > I've climbed the bloody thing 7 times (once for myself, the other six > because I was being paid to). Unfortunately climbing it again on the > last weekend of July. > > As a climb the mountain really sucks, so I can't really recommend any > of the tracks, though it is more interesting if you have the > opportunity to descend by a different route to the one you climbed. > There are mountain huts on all routes, but the huts on the route up > from Fuji City's shingogoume are probably the better ones in terms of > food and cost. > Hi Declan That's great info. I'll look out for the path you suggest. Many thanks James