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166: A tale of two Fujis: Bullet climbs, crowds and Lizzo

Deep Dive from The Japan Times

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How to Climb Mount Fuji

The cabins on the mountain are all apparently booked already this season. That's causing concern that visitors may attempt something called dangan tozan, which is bullet climbing. "It's essentially going straight from the base area up to the top without stopping to rest or like a climatize to the elevation as well," Drew says. But it only accounts for maybe less than 10% of the number of climbers who go up Mount Fuji.

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