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07-11-2006, 02:08 AM
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I'm in the AF and work from Hickam. The only TDY's I've seen since I've been here is a deployment to Bosnia and now my third tdy to Japan.
Just thankful that I haven't been to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Good luck on making E7 sounds like you deserve it. I'm still E5 but I only have 6 years in the AF so it's not bad. I hope to make E6 next year.
Just thankful that I haven't been to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Good luck on making E7 sounds like you deserve it. I'm still E5 but I only have 6 years in the AF so it's not bad. I hope to make E6 next year.
07-15-2006, 12:12 AM
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DAMN, I don't know why the hell I wanted to climb Mt Fuji. That had to be the stupidest, hardest, and pointless thing I've ever done for a stick and to see a sunrise.
I did make it to the top and got all the stamp that I could on my stick which is worth about 35-40 dollars after the initial price and then 200 yen per stamp.
I didn't see the sunrise from the summit, I made it to the nineth station and then to about 1/4 of the way up, I knew the sun was going to come up at 430 so I just sat against a rock at 4 and waited. My main goal when I first started was to make it to the summit for the sunrise, but an hour into the climb I just wanted to make it to the summit. I'll post some pics when I get back to hawaii.
I'll never do that again....
I did make it to the top and got all the stamp that I could on my stick which is worth about 35-40 dollars after the initial price and then 200 yen per stamp.
I didn't see the sunrise from the summit, I made it to the nineth station and then to about 1/4 of the way up, I knew the sun was going to come up at 430 so I just sat against a rock at 4 and waited. My main goal when I first started was to make it to the summit for the sunrise, but an hour into the climb I just wanted to make it to the summit. I'll post some pics when I get back to hawaii.
I'll never do that again....
07-15-2006, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jzz30,Jul 15 2006, 12:33 AM
i remember when you get that high, you walk about 10 steps and stop, then walk another 10 and rest. repeat as neccessary until you reach the top.
07-15-2006, 02:08 PM
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Yeah it worked out to about 10-15 steps and then I would stop and rest. Coming down the Mt was pretty ruff on the feet. I think I got my blisters from coming down. O well It's done.
07-18-2006, 12:18 AM
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Here's a picture of Mt Fuji after I finished the climb up and walked down for 4 hours. I took me from 2030 to 0530 to get to the summit. I stopped at 0400 to watch the sunrise at 0430.
After the climb
From the Summit
And this time I didn't go out to Roppongi and get drunk, I just went and checked out Shinjuku. It was pretty tempting to go to Roppongi but I didn't want a hangover before I climbed Mt Fuji.
Sorry for the long post. Actually no I'm not. I earned this one.
After the climb
From the Summit
And this time I didn't go out to Roppongi and get drunk, I just went and checked out Shinjuku. It was pretty tempting to go to Roppongi but I didn't want a hangover before I climbed Mt Fuji.
Sorry for the long post. Actually no I'm not. I earned this one.