[Oe List ...] Mt. Fuji

[David Scott]

Jann
david scott here --

Your memories of Mt. Fuji reminded me of the first time I saw that holy
place -- it was the first teaching trip to India, Slicker, Brandenberg, Pat,
and I went west to get to India.  Our first stop was Japan.  We had had
several great days in Tokyo and then we caught the "bullet-train" to Kyoto.
It was a clear day and  we had a very lovely and awe-filled view of the
mountain.  The train was rather noisy and the Japanese passengers were very
"ho hum" regarding the scene we were passing.  In the midst of that noise,
here were these Europeans glued to the window in rapped silence.  Those
minutes was the topic of our "end-of-the-day" reflection -- it was a memory
stored deeply in my spirit.

Thanks for the memory reminder.

Love, and greetings to all,
david scott

2011/2/3 <LAURELCG at aol.com>

>  In a message dated 2/2/2011 1:02:41 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> ramgriffin at msn.com writes:
>
> Yes, great isn't it?  Bob Griffin...Muriel & I enjoyed several of the
> angles on Mt. Fuji during those 3-1/2 years in Japan.  Don't you remember
> the morning we caught just a glimpse of Fuji from Tokyo House in 1974?  RAG
>
>
>  I do remember, Bob, though not as well as our first morning there and how
> ecstatic Titus Jayasakera was to be eating rice, not corn flakes, for
> breakfast.
>
> I was privileged to return to Japan in 1989 on a teacher exchange trip to
> Lindsay's Sister City, Ono City, near Kobe. At the end of our visit to Ono,
> my fellow teacher and I planned to climb Mt. Fuji on July 1, the opening day
> of climbing season. We left our luggage in lockers in the train station at
> Shin Fuji and took a bus to the old 5th station, the last one open that
> early in the season. It is at 2600 meters and was a small hut with two old
> men and a woman to attend it. When the doors were closed, the hut was very
> smokey. Another man slept in the same room with Bill, my colleague and I, on
> futons. Beautiful sunset and sky but clouds below us, so no view. We slept
> there until 2:45 a.m., when we set off  hiking up the mountain. The entire
> mountain is small volcanic rocks, mostly red and black but many other colors
> also. The only way to discern the trail is that it is roped off. We made it
> almost to the ninth station, where we ran into deep snow and it started to
> rain. We were hoping to see the sunrise, but couldn't. We went to about 3400
> meters and could clearly see the top. There were a lot of people on the
> trails at lower levels, but only a few at the top. What a wonderful memory.
> The Honorable Fuji, Fuji-San.
>
> Blessings,
> Jann McGuire
>
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Margaret and David Scott
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