Tag: JAPAN

JAPAN. FULL WINTER Mt FUJI ASCENTS AND ANOTHER CLIMBING TRADITION

WE RUN THE ONLY Mt FUJI WINTER CLIMBING TRIPS, BASED ON A MIX OF JAPAN AND HIMALAYAN EXPERIENCE. MOST PEOPLE READING THIS WILL HAVE HEARD OF JAPANESE CLIMBERS, BUT ALMOST NO ONE KNOWS THE ALPINE CLIMBING IN JAPAN THEY COME FROM. FOR EXAMPLE ALMOST NO ONE RECOGNIZES THE BLURRY IMAGE IN THE PHOTO SHOWN ABOVE, SHOWING A SIDE OF MT FUJI FAR REMOVED FROM THE TOURIST VERSION, HOME TO SOME VERY SERIOUS ROUTES. WE FIND JAPANS CLIMBING TRADITIONS SO UNIQUE AND FASCINATING WE DECIDED TO BASE FROM THERE, TO INTRODUCE FOREIGN CLIMBERS TO THE MOST UNIQUE STUFF THEY’VE NEVER HEARD OF.