
20: Fear and loathing on Mount Fuji
Deep Dive from The Japan Times
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Mount Fuji, the Weather Changes on a Dime
Mount Fuji generates its own weather and that makes it unpredictable. What starts off as a nightmare climb can turn into one of the best days you'll ever have on the mountain. In the summer, you might start climbing in blue skies and 38 degrees centigrade temperatures,. only to find yourself at the top in thick cloud and chills everything to around zero degrees. All the opposite might happen.
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