Okay so about 10 days ago I climbed Mt. Fuji with Jason and a couple of his buddies. I've been planning to do this since I got to Japan. It's one of those things you just have to do...so "they" say. I've asked many people about their experience climbing Mt. Fuji and I've only met one person that says that they will do it again! And now I know why. Mt. Fuji kicked my a$$! It was by far the hardest thing I've ever done physically. It was over 4 miles of grueling hiking/climbing to the top of the 12,000+ ft volcano. I can't say that it was all bad though. I have some great photos and I think of the experience kinda like when I went to Boot Camp....I wouldn't trade the experience for anything in the world, but I wouldn't pay two cents to do it again. For those of you who have never climbed Mt. Fuji before...which is probably more than 99% of you, you get a wooden staff that you use to help you climb. Along the way there are stamps that you get burned into your stick to signify how high you've climbed. Of course you have to pay for these stamps, but getting the final stamp at the summit of the mountain was a great feeling.