


Via The Chronicles of McGaijin, Western Whore.- Fuji Fuck 2004, Pt. 3: Ama-terasu Doesn't Live Here Anymore
....I was hurting and he was angry and neither of us cared about the summit anymore. Because as the light grew, it became clear that Fuji is one of the ugliest places on earth. It's bare, the red rocks look like piles of dog shit...a depressing, oppressive place which reminds me of the beauty of nature much the same way McDonalds reminds me of gourmet food..... the mountain itself looks distinctly as if a boil-covered dragon who belches methane and farts fire should be living at the peak. Between this and the amount of money it had already cost us--we didn't even have enough left for any more stamps on the stick, and one of our bills will go unpaid this month--we were disillusioned in the extreme.
.....all the station-workers went inside and locked the doors, so that they could stay dry, but you couldn't actually rest at the rest stops. The mist was thick and the rocks were slippery, and my ankle was so mangled that every motion was like a hammer crunching...

If Fuji can be done on crutches in a typhoon....