#Ranchihakku: super kawaii shokunin ranchi borogu (with bonus non-lunch content)

[puniraptor]

It's only 3 miles from the parking lot to the summit.   

7.5km up, 7.6 down, 1471m elevation change on this (most popular and easiest) trail.

[puniraptor]

Staying up all night is already hard enough, then add climbing (hiking) a mountain on to that.

[Rage Against the McKee]

It's only 3 miles from the parking lot to the summit.   

7.5km up, 7.6 down, 1471m elevation change on this (most popular and easiest) trail.

So you don't come back down the same way you come up?

[Emo EMAW]

It's only 3 miles from the parking lot to the summit.   

7.5km up, 7.6 down, 1471m elevation change on this (most popular and easiest) trail.

So you don't come back down the same way you come up?

No, they have (no crap) lanes with dividers like a highway because so many people are doing this pleasure hike.

[Mrs. Gooch]

You're right emo, the list of things more difficult is certainly quite long. Everest, k2, Kilimanjaro, childbirth, the FE, a hundred other mountains, some elk thing, you finish the rest.

Billions of people give birth every year. 

Need mocat to check this.

[puniraptor]

It's only 3 miles from the parking lot to the summit.   

7.5km up, 7.6 down, 1471m elevation change on this (most popular and easiest) trail.

So you don't come back down the same way you come up?

No, they have (no crap) lanes with dividers like a highway because so many people are doing this pleasure hike.

Not true, it's a separate trail. The down trail is the tractor path they use to bring supplies to the top. It's actually the hardest part. The whole length is switchbacks of maybe 40deg down that is entirely loose gravel/sand/ash.

And no toilets or places to buy water!

[ChiComCat]

The elevation looks like it can kick your butt but I think emo has me convinced this is otherwise fairly easy.  I rate it 2 out of 5 hello kitties

[Tobias]

this thread is peak Emo

[puniraptor]

this thread is peak Emo

This is like his revenge on the world for the hayseed in Europe incident. He's the rusty!

[mocat]

What defines challenging anyway?

[Tobias]

lol

[puniraptor]

I said the same pleasure hike stuff before I did it. I'll take an inventory of the specific challenges when I get to the office.

[star seed 7]

While you may want to avoid the Obon Week, we believe that by avoiding the crowds in general, you would miss out one of the most interesting aspects of climbing Mount Fuji, which is the camaraderie and unique experience of ascending the mountain among hundreds of equally minded people from across the world.

 

[Rage Against the McKee]

The K-State union is selling books at the top.

[The Big Train]

Would you say this hike is like winning the lottery, puni?

[Rage Against the McKee]

I'd love to do that hike.

[tdaver]

Is this the only mountain in the entire country?  Must be.

[Emo EMAW]

The K-State union is selling books at the top.

This is so good. 

[puniraptor]

The K-State union is selling books at the top.

This is so good.

that's the first long stretch. its actually more difficult than you expect because you are slogging through sand/gravel/ash/ loose rock

maybe the bottom 1/3 is mostly like that the top 2/3 is more like this



emo, correct me if I'm wrong but do mountaineers call this "scramble"? I'll wait for your mountaineer correction. Be sure to point out the lack of carabiners, crampons, belayers, or ice axes.

[steve dave]

non brown posting is challenging to some

[Tobias]

basically verruckt in reverse now that I see that chain link gondola

[star seed 7]

i would not do that

[puniraptor]

i would not do that

yeah anything with no special equipment for technical belaying across crevasses is probably not worth doing

[Tobias]

what kind of j-elk do you think is at the top of the ride?

[star seed 7]

I ordered yakisoba tonight. Too wheaty