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Mt. Fuji - 7th Station

Monday 27th November

As part of my plan to climb Mount Fuji, I’m currently doing the same elevation at the gym, just to get some idea of the scale.

Well, after nearly three weeks elapsed time and 1h 17m of walking time, I’ve made it up the first 500 metres. That’s 1/3 of the climb done, and 762 calories expended. The treadmill doesn’t go to the necessary incline, so I’ve walked 5.2km in ground distance to complete 30% of the height despite the fact the real trail is only about 6.3km long.

At this point, we’ve made it as far as the 7th Station rest stop. At this point, there’s still some greenery on the ground - we’re not quite up onto the plain rock slopes yet.

The treadmill doesn’t simulate the volcanic rock surface, the wind and rain, nor the thin air due to altitude. All that fun is to come with the real thing.

Written by stu

November 27th, 2006 at 11:34 pm

Posted in Project Fuji, Travel

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  1. i did 500m as well then tread down for fresh-made sencha cakes :)

    boo

    28 Nov 06 at 1:41 am

  2. Can you see your house from there?

    Kouros

    28 Nov 06 at 7:40 am

  3. Gym? You never mentioned gym when you asked for volunteers.

    Rich

    28 Nov 06 at 8:53 am

  4. I’m so far behind the average human population on fitness that I’ve been going to the gym for a couple of months, Rich. (I blogged it here)

    Actually, that’s probably not true, but I’m probably behind the average human population who would consider walking up a mountain.

    If you want some idea - I can only manage 2.1mph up a 15% incline without going into anaerobic respiration. That’s a slow plod and will take many hours to get up the mountain.

    It’s not like I’m there all the time… once or twice a week for about 30 minutes at a time. Since it’s free with work, I thought I’d show willing.

    stu

    28 Nov 06 at 9:18 am

  5. My girlfriend wanted me to join a gym that I could use in Nottingham and that she could use near Foss Park (it’s a chain so they have gym’s everywhere). Luckily it costs ~£52 a month each, so that put a stop to that plan! :-)

    UKCodeMonkey

    28 Nov 06 at 5:32 pm

  6. Sounds great. Well done for going for it…

    DoGGa

    29 Nov 06 at 10:01 am

  7. Can you please see our story of the FUJI Challenge 4 in 24 Hours!!!

    Please check out http://www.fujiclimb.com

    We are planning to climb Mt Fuji 4 times in 24 hours!!!

    Adam Jones

    18 Jul 08 at 5:37 pm

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