RUNNING MOUNT FUJI | Trail Running Adventure Video
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- Follow along with James Stewart of Couch to the Summit as he runs from town over 25kms and 3000m of ascent in 5 hours along the full Yoshida Trail as he climbs mount Fuji in July 2016.
James is an elite mountain endurance athlete. You can learn more about him here:
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5 hours? From the hotel? Dude, there's people who takes more time starting from the 5th stations, amazing.
@SmithandJones256 I do. I race against the other top athletes in the world in trail running. I am still far behind the likes of Kilian Jornet, the world's best. Thanks for watching!
I did the 'official' race 5 times in the mid-90s and a few hikes for fun as well. I lived at the foot of the mountain for year and returned frequently. It is like running up a ski jump, with loose footing and lack of oxygen. Once sweaty and dead at the top you begin to freeze in the wind and cold. THEN, the descent w/ horrible footing (at least for the race a different route was used for descending, and it was nothing but loose volcanic scree and pebbles, filling the shoes and slipping underfoot. The course shreds shoes!
100 yen (and 10 or 50-yen coins) are good to carry as there are vending machines along the way with sports drinks, coke, tea and so on. Yes, you WILL want a drink when you pass those machines. Even machines dispensing hot drinks along the way and at the summit.
Still, if I could I'd do it again, probably just hiking as new hip prevents "running" the mountain. Best time 3:12.
It' great fortune you had good weather. It can change quickly and is dangerous if wet and windy up there. Well done!
This one is on my list of mountains to run. It's just such an iconic mountain.
Great video! Me and two friends did the climb a few years ago, but not as fast as you! Great memories!
Amazing stamina!! You breezed up so many sections! WOW
I like your video. Thanks for the effort on this. I like that it has minimal production values and I feel like I was with you
nice.. i had climb on night to catch sunrise. i cant imagine the yoshida trail on ascending. thank you for sharing.
I don't recall the trail being so rough 50 years ago but I do remember having to stop and catch my breath after every three steps above station 8. Worth it.
Wow, simply insane!!
Amazing 🙌👏
Nice weather!
Now, here's a superman!!!!
I was climb the mont-Fuji in last summer with 21kg baggage
in this time we takes 4day to climb to the top
I don't believe climb in 5hour…!!!
It's insanely amazing
Thank you for sharing your video , keep going and best regards from Canada! 🍁👍🌹💕🍷✌🍁
Thank you! I am in Canada now myself!
@@CouchtotheSummit Good good ..thx bro! ✌🥂🍁💕👍
You are superman running to the top Mt Fuji.. young with energy! I also walked slowly from station 5 to the top before my 60 @2106 (jimmysan)
INSANE
Power!
That’s a lot of Japanese soldiers in Mt. Fuji! Do they always hike to there?
great pace my man, wish my knees could keep up lol
Great video, even if it was some year ago!
Planning to go there this summer, so might make a test for the summit.
Where did you start your 23km run?
from my hotel, the Business Hotel Fujimi in Fujiyoshida. I had to run through the entire town first only because I didn't want to take public transport to the trailhead
@@CouchtotheSummit cool!! I am goding to Yamanashi in July so it Snoilsky be a good days adventure:-)
Thanks for cool videos
This is interesting to watch. Next year I'm climbing Mt.Fuji. Any advice? Its good to know what to expect.
climbing mountains is always unpredictable. I had flexible plans and waited for a good weather window. If its not a clear day it will be very cold at the top so you'll have to take a lot of warm clothes. It ultimately depends on your fitness. I'm an experienced mountain runner so I was able to climb the entire mountain and carry minimal clothing, food and water because I know my capabilities of being able to achieve such a climb and knew it was a good day at the top. If the weather changed I knew I could run down the mountain very fast. For the average person, you will have to start from Fuji 5th station, and it will take you all day to hike up and down. Its not an easy climb due to the altitude, the best thing you can do is prepare well with your fitness by climbing mountains in your local area, and make sure you are spending some of those days with 8-10 hours on your feet. You need to be sure you are well used to your footwear as its a challenging descent on the scree
How did you withstand the cold on the summit ?
It wasn't very cold up there that day - middle of summer
I kind of want to do this but not sure if I'm fit enough. What are your marathon and half marathon times like?
I don't run roads, but I am an elite level trail running athlete (In the Taipei 101 stair climb 90 floors for example, I was 13th out of 4000 people) - so expect a run from the city at base of Fuji to be very hard unless you are a well-trained athlete.
@@CouchtotheSummit does a marathon pb of 2:44 count as a well trained athlete in this context? Thank you for responding
@@Ali94749 yes it would in terms of aerobic fitness, however, if you haven't been running any mountains regularly it would still likely be a struggle from a mechanics perspective. You can prepare for mountains if you don't have any nearby by doing things like training on stairs, max incline on treadmill, box step ups and step downs, reverse lunges, calf raises, single leg deadlifts, hopping/jump rope, hill strides/sprints etc...
nice video man!
what month did you did this run? i'm planning to run it this year.
mid july
honestly you should bring full hd drone fry across whole mountain fuji that is considered completely mission complete
next time I go for sure!
@@CouchtotheSummit
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Greetings. It is interesting to see your trip up and down Mt. Fuji.
May I have your permission to share this video on my blog?
Hi Jason. Thanks! and yes, you have permission.
Thank you. Can I just ask a few things?
1. Apart from the soldiers, it seems that the trail was not that crowded. May I know when you made that climb? (Or if you made the climb in July, at the very start of the climbing season?)
2. You climbed up Mt. Fuji from your hotel. May I know which hotel did you stayed at? (Or at least which area was it in?)
3. I watched your other videos too and they were amazing. I couldn't help but notice you were wearing a top with words in Taiwanese Chinese about an international climbing competition in this video. Are you like..a professional bullet climbing..sportsman? Just curious.
1. I climbed on Monday the 11th of July. You can view my tracking here: www.strava.com/activities/637222128
2. I stayed at the Business Hotel Fujimi in Shimoyoshida
3. The top I am wearing is what I received to run in the elite race in the Taipei 101 Stair Climb Race in early May this year. I am not a professional, but I have raced at the elite level in Mountain Running and Stair Climbing.
Thank you for the replies and the awesome video!
What is the name of national park you started at?
Gonna go up there, but not running
Taipei 101 run up shirt
蔡尚儒 yes! ☺️