Mayasan This was looking like it would be a weekend of failures. Firstly we had been planning to go to Fuji as a large team ..... But we could not find crampons to fit onto Balazs' titanic shoes. Secondly I decided to go to Fuji by train alone and meet Gary at Fuji station ...... But the last train from Tokyo to Fuji was fully booked by drunk people. Finally I called Philippe who said he would be around the following morning at 7-00am with a surprise adventure for me. OK this sounded promising! As morning came it was apparent that we had rain and gravity was high making it difficult for us to get out of bed. Eventually we got it together to leave Sendai at about 10-00am after a brief stop in Lawsons. In
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