Haha I wish I had climbed it the second time. It was crystal clear.

The first time I hiked it, it took us around 14 hours total because of the storm. I almost cried when I saw the noodle shop at the base of the Gotemba trail after almost 6 hours of walking down in scree. My quads were about to fall off my bones.

I didn’t have it in me to do that again.