Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site minn-ua.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!minn-ua!tim From: tim@minn-ua.UUCP (Tim Giebelhaus) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Japan Message-ID: <950@minn-ua.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 14:12:10 EST Article-I.D.: minn-ua.950 Posted: Sun Feb 5 14:12:10 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 09:49:45 EST References: <159@hou2g.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Minn. Computer Center, Minneapolis Lines: 25 If you were climbing over rocks, you were off the path. I was rather surprised that the path was so good. They have little stairs cut out in the rocks... or maybe all the foot steps made the stairs. I climbed at night too, but I didn't have a flash light. It was pretty well lit. For me the hardest part was the last part. It was like climbing a long set of stairs... and I was sleepy besides. Thousands of people walk to the top every year. Everyone from little kids to old grandmothers. The little kids will make it there first. It is true about the price of water as you go up. Everything station past 5 is carried on the backs of Japanese porters. Just carring my camera to the top was hard enough for me. I would rather buy my drinks. The stick is a great help, especially going down. Going down is the most fun part. You have to be ready, though. You want to get some duct tape and tape the bottom of your pants to your boots. This will keep all the little pebbles and most of the dust from getting in your boots. The hill most people go down on is made of volcanic ash and light rocks. Every step you take, you go about 10 feet. You use that stick you bought alot like a ski pole. I'd like to climb it again just to go down. Earth quakes in Japan are less of a deal than in California. The Japanese build their buildings to withstand them. They are prepared for a big one. If anyone would like more info on Japan, I spent three years there and would be happy to give lots of pointers on how to have a good time in such a different land. {umn-cs tektronix}!minn-ua!tim