Whether you think Oxfam Trailwalker Japan is getting easier or not, I was thinking recently about what would be the ultimate hiking weekend in Japan – something different that I’d not heard of anyone doing before.
Here it is: Sea to Peak. My personal challenge for 2009 – I’m going to hike from sea-level in Odawara to the peak of mount fuji in one continuous hike over 3 days.
Think about it – millions of people have climbed fuji from 5th station, a small percentage do it from 4th station, an even smaller percentage do it from one of the surrounding five lakes, but who do you know who ever did it from sea level? That’s something to be proud of.
Vertical ascent: 0m – 3776m
Distance: 25.3 miles as the crow flies, approx 40 miles hiking distance
When: To be deicded, but during Fuji climbing season – sometime in Jul or Aug 2009
Expected itinerary:
Day one: Odawara to Ashinoko campsite
Day two: Ashinoko campsite to Fuji 4th station
Day three: Fuji 4th station to Fuji peak then down to Fuji 5th station
Training starts early in 2009 – who’s with me?
Love the idea . . depending on how trailwalker ’09 goes I’ll sign up.
Great challenge! I just have to comment as I had done trailwalker twice, in HK and JP, and then I have done my personal Sea-to-Peak last year. I took the late night Shinkansen from Shinagawa to Shin-Fuji, then headed toward Tagonoura to touch the sea level. Then started my journey at 1AM toward the peak. By 2PM in the afternoon, stepped on top of Mt.Fuji! Good Luck!!