Compare to the photo of Mt. Fuji I
introduced previously, now the snow on the mountain has
melted more and the soil part has increased more. It will be a couple more
weeks until the beginning of the climbing season and since the climbing season
is only about 2 months people are looking forward the beginning and will rash
to climb during the season.
One of the most popular climbing styles among
Japanese would be “Overnight Climbing”, people climb up to the top overnight or
climb up to the hut near the top by the sunset to stay the night there. The
purpose of the “Overnight Climbing” is
to see the sunrise from the top of the mountain. In Japanese culture, the view
of the sunrise from the top of the Mt.Fuji is called “Goraikou(Sacred Light
Coming-up)”, and it has been loved by people as a kind of worship since old
times.
However the rate of causing altitude
sickness is increasing with Mt.Fuji climbers recently,
because some people make too tight schedule to see “Goraikou” and climb up in haste
without taking proper rest. It started to be called “Bullet Climbing”, and
became a public concern.
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