A photo from the bottom. We started at the 5th Station on the Kawaguchiko Subaru Line. The Altitude is about 2,300 meters, 7,546 feet.
Denise pumped for the climb; little does she know that in only 8 hours; the smile she has on her face will be completely gone.
Feeling good and energized after only getting two hours of sleep.
Just above Station 5 after we hit the trail.
A view looking up at Station 6, our first station after leaving station 5. Approximately 2,390 meters, 7,841 feet.
This photo was taken somewhere around 10,000 feet. How do I know this, take a look at the GPS in the next photo.
Only at 10,316 feet.
Walking through the clouds.
Getting our climbing poles branded.
Taking a quick break before we push out before the huge group of people behinds us catches up.
Only a few people really know what this photo means. The summit is within a few more agonizing minutes. The reason it is extremely hazy is because we are IN a cloud.
5 hours and 15 minutes later after the journey began; I present to you the summit of Mt. Fuji.
Denise, Cindy, and myself with a photo of the summit after we had our climbing poles stamped with the final stamp.
Just a photo of proof, the altitude is the only correct piece of info here. I kept turning the GPS on and off during the assent since the batteries were dying quickly.
Celebratory beer mixed with extremely thin oxygen levels, what a nice buzz. (from excitement and alcohol).
The decent down, this is only half of the mountain (the other half was up in the clouds). I cannot even begin to describe the amount of pain that is contained in this photo. But, if a photo is worth a thousand words, times that by about 100.
Denise snapped this photo of me. I guess I was sitting there thinking about how awesome and challenging Mt. Fuji was. Sharing the experience with close friends was the most enjoyable part.
A photo from the bottom. We started at the 5th Station on the Kawaguchiko Subaru Line. The Altitude is about 2,300 meters, 7,546 feet.
Denise pumped for the climb; little does she know that in only 8 hours; the smile she has on her face will be completely gone.
Feeling good and energized after only getting two hours of sleep.
Just above Station 5 after we hit the trail.
A view looking up at Station 6, our first station after leaving station 5. Approximately 2,390 meters, 7,841 feet.
This photo was taken somewhere around 10,000 feet. How do I know this, take a look at the GPS in the next photo. 
Walking through the clouds.
Getting our climbing poles branded.
Taking a quick break before we push out before the huge group of people behinds us catches up.
Only a few people really know what this photo means. The summit is within a few more agonizing minutes. The reason it is extremely hazy is because we are IN a cloud.
5 hours and 15 minutes later after the journey began; I present to you the summit of Mt. Fuji.
Denise, Cindy, and myself with a photo of the summit after we had our climbing poles stamped with the final stamp.
Just a photo of proof, the altitude is the only correct piece of info here. I kept turning the GPS on and off during the assent since the batteries were dying quickly.
Celebratory beer mixed with extremely thin oxygen levels, what a nice buzz. (from excitement and alcohol).
The decent down, this is only half of the mountain (the other half was up in the clouds). I cannot even begin to describe the amount of pain that is contained in this photo. But, if a photo is worth a thousand words, times that by about 100.
Denise snapped this photo of me. I guess I was sitting there thinking about how awesome and challenging Mt. Fuji was. Sharing the experience with close friends was the most enjoyable part. 
