45. 万葉集
• Since that ancient time
• When heaven and earth were sundered
• Like a god soaring
• In high towering majesty
• Over Suruga
• Has stood Fuji’s lofty peak
67. Human passion
• I will look upon
• Mount Fuji in Suruga
• As another self
• For deep within each of us
• Hidden fires forever burn
• Passion burning forever
• Endlessly changing
• Endlessly the same
68. • As the deathless fire
• Smolders inside Mount Fuji
• So burns my passion
• Unaltered by occasions
• Of seeing and not seeing.
88. Saigyo:
• What a wretched world
• This would be if this despised
• Quickly passing world
• Had no places to hide away –
• That is, no mountains in it
89. Saigyo:
• The wisps of smoke from Fuji
• Yield to the wind and lose themselves
• In sky, in emptiness –
• Which takes as well the aimless passions
• That through my life burned deep inside.
102. Should you climb it?
• Simple answer
• No
• Why?
• It’s unpleasant
• It’s boring
• It’s hard
• It could be dangerous
• It’s bad for the environment
103. So that’s my answer
• However,
• People will continue to climb it
• And I’ve climbed it 3 times!
• So why listen to me?!
182. What can go wrong?
• Be careful climbing (sprains and other injuries)
• Wear comfortable shoes
• Heavy climbing shoes may cause blisters
• Carry some bandaids
190. What can go wrong?
• It gets cold quick
• 0.6 degrees C for every 100 meters
• It can be incredibly cold at the top
• You have to carry warm clothing
• You can get very tired
• Lack of oxygen
192. • Say you climb from Fujiyoshida
• You get to the top
• You’re cold
• You’re tired
• You want to get down quick
• You take the wrong path down!
• You end up in Subashiri in Shizuoka!!