"Dayhike- Left Dongpu Lodge at 1:30am Reaches the trailhead at 2 Paiyun Lodge 5 Yushan Summit 6:30 Rest 7 East (Dong Shan) summit 8 Yushan summit again 9 Rest 9:30 Paiyun 10:30 Back to TH at 1" — seancasserly • Oct 25, 2018

"Climbed Mt. Fuji (Fujisan) with Dennis Broadwell of Mountain Gurus in his August 22 2018 summit group. We climbed up using the Fujinomiya-Gotemba routs and stayed in a hut up on the mountain. We forewent the "sunrise summit" as it was raining at 3 AM and instead saw sunrise from the hut and had a bluebird summit day. We descended via the Prince route. Cole joined me and he also circumnavigated the crater with Dennis since they both had more energy than the rest of us. " — 40in40 • Aug 22, 2018

"We (all members of the Malaysian Mountaineering Assocoation) were allowed to spend a week or longer on the summit plateau. I summited more than a dozen peaks, Low´s Peak twice, it took me 4 hours from the trailhead and down (on aggregate as a test how I might fare on the annual climbathon in the veteran age group), because we had to first get our gear to the Layang Layang Hut. From there, after climbing Low´s Peak for the first time, we explored peaks on the Eastern Plateau such as the elusive North Peak, did several first climbs, most notably on the Phallus Peak and Andrews Peak (in rain). We ended our climbs amid bad weather and food shortage." — martinlutterjohann • Nov 11, 2017

"The trail from Tataka is in excellent condition, 10.9 km to the summit, but most climbers stay at Paiyun Lodge, 3400m, about 4 hrs. from Tataka. From the lodge to the summit one needs between 90min. and 2 hrs. (usually in the dark). The upper part is steep, but there are chains all the way to the top." — martinlutterjohann • Nov 7, 2017

"Yoshida trail “bullet”. http://www.fujisan-climb.jp/en/trails/yoshida.html Caught a late express bus from Shinjuku to Mt Fuji 5th Station https://highway-buses.jp/ Eked out time eating noodles in the warmth of the base station cafe before setting off at an ultra slow plod in the pitch black at 2145hrs local after the cafe closed. Arrived at the crater rim over 2hrs before sunrise. Found a spot and waited it out with the gathering numbers to view the sunrise “Goraiko”. Curled up and tried to doze but the wait was unpleasant in the chill gusting wind amid sandblasting swirls of volcanic grit. I ended up wearing every piece of clothing in a vain effort to stay warm despite having left Tokyo in sticky 84 degree heat just hours before. The grit got everywhere including the zoom mechanism of my camera lens which jammed. Top tip: pack breathing mask, ski goggles and space blanket. The sunrise was fab after which I set off on a clockwise circuit of the crater. Finished back down at the 5th Station at 0820hrs and lazed in warm sun with an ice cream for an hour waiting for my bus back to Tokyo. I’d bought a return ticket but were I to repeat I’d go down on the Gotemba trail ‘great sand run..." — davidb • Aug 24, 2017