Fuji Videos!

Dearly beloved,

Yes, I climbed that Fuji Mountain and it was a success! I have changed my attitude now though about the mountain; it is no longer that I "conquered" that mountain and my obnoxious prideful attitude got taught a lesson in respect haha. Last year I blamed the fact that I did not get to the very top (I got so close - to station 9 out of 10) on not having oxygen hehe, but this year I had oxygen AND a climbing stick, and man, I didn't know if I'd make it at some points. I can get dramatic, but I think this situation allows for dramatic haha.

Four of us climbed Fuji at night so that we could see the sunrise in the morning. It took me about 7 hours going up, and 4 hours coming down. I was the slowest going up as the atmospheric difference seemed to affect me more...hehe more excuses - but really I was nauseated every 3 steps after a certain point!!

One cool thing about the trip, which I was looking forward to, is that we would collect stamps on our wooden climbing sticks as we climbed up! So now I have about 6 or 7 stamps on my stick! They were almost always burned into. It's one of the best souvenirs I can bring back to America I think! :D

So here are the links to the videos, again all thanks for Amanda!!!!

We saw tons of traffic going back into Tokyo from Obon season ending:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X86Sj8z5AyQ&feature=channel

The beginning of the hike:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs0o_s0skWQ&feature=channel

7th level--Sonya explains the oxygen story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs0tElICipI&feature=channel

Sunrise from the summit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Mwax-MBCk&feature=channel

Sonya's funny comment about the sunrise (We actually captured it on video!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVHETOe3Qk0&feature=channel

Watching people slip down the mountain was kind of funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbV8kJGxUIA&feature=channel

Going down the mountain on Tuesday morning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbBVveFHAUQ&feature=channel