>>1056028>One of my fitness goals is to climb Mt. Fuji, since I'm currently living in Japan. I won't be ready during this climbing season, but I want to do it next year.I have been up Mt. Fuji and in my opinion it is not actually a particularly difficult mountain to climb. I am a relatively unfit 18 year old, 6'2" and 150 lbs, which is admittedly much more optimized for mountain climbing than being overweight.
Endurance is prolly the most important factor on Fuji. What
>>1056351 said is very true really. Gotta push through the miserable wind and cold while being sleep deprived.
The weight loss is obviously great, I'm no /fit/izen but I imagine that you're on the right track as far as that goes.
It is not very likely that you will experience altitude sickness. The air IS thinner, and you may notice it being harder to breathe, however, altitude sickness at 12000 feet is not very likely, although most definitely possible! Going slow does in fact help, and it is very important to be well fed and watered. Fuji has overpriced water on it for you to purchase so this shouldn't be too big of an issue. They say that Fuji is the shortest mountain in the world where people use bottled Oxygen.
There are SHITLOADS of people on the mountain every morning going to see the sunrise. It is a spectacular view of the sun coming over the clouds in the morning though. I wish I had pictures on this computer.
It is a fun/interesting hike though, good luck in doing it! I believe in you anon.
