Mt.+Fuji


 * Mt. Fuji ** [[image:272px-Japan_equirectangular_projection.png]] [[image:280px-FujiSunriseKawaguchiko2025WP.jpg]] [[image:images.jpg]]

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Elevation: 12,389 Feet

Mt. Fuji is a composite volcano, which means it is very explosive and can create very explosive eruptions. It is the largest Mountain in Japan. Mt. Fuji was discovered some 10,000 years ago. The last confirmed eruption was in 1707. Mt. Fuji as had at least 16 eruptions.

The effects of the volcano erupting it might destroy a small portion of Tokyo.

Mount Fuji is a volcano, which geologists estimate was created 600,000 years ago during the Pleistocene era. It last erupted in 1707 and is now dormant. According to Buddhist tradition, Fuji rose from the earth in 286 BC after an earthquake that also created Lake Biwa (the largest lake in Japan). Fuji-san has been regarded as sacred mountain for virtually as long as humans have lived nearby. It was originally a sacred mountain of the Ainu, the aboriginal inhabitants of Japan. For Shintoists (modern followers of the native religion), Mt. Fuji is sacred to the goddess Sengen-Sama and an embodiment of the very spirit of nature. The Fujiko sect goes even father, believing the mountain itself is a sacred being with a soul. Although especially important to Shintoists, Fuji is also sacred to Japanese Buddhists, who revere the mountain is a gateway to another world.

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Mt. Fuji is the largest mountain in all of Japan. He who does not climb Fuji is a fool. He who climbs Fuji twice is also a fool. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a once is a life time thing. Most people don't want to climb it more than once.

It is open to climb in August and July. Any other months can be very dangerous. It takes so long to climb there are many mountain huts you can stay in. It may take longer than 24 hours to make it up and back down.

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A man died climbing Mt. Fuji. He was a contra-bass player for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He had played in Japan and wanted to climb Mt. Fuji. He was 41 years old the police said.

He was from Austria, and he was climbing the mountain with a friend. He was climbing when he fell down a small portion of the mountain and died. He was suppose to play in the orchestra all that week.

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This new article is about a guy named Daniel Chinn from United Kingdom who climbed Mt. Fuji. The reason he climbed it was for Cancer Research. His mom had breast cancer so he decided to tackle the challenge. Daniel didn't really know much about Japan so he decided to spend a little bit of time there.

Daniel said when his mom had cancer it made him aware of how many people are affected by it. His mom was a physical therapist so it made care about her. She had been remission for couple of years until her cancer came back. Daniel didn't have to think twice about climbing Mt. Fuji cause his mom was loved by everyone.

Motivated by the thought of raising funds for more research into the devastating disease, Daniel hit the gym and decided to take the longest route up the mountain on July 1. Daniel took ten hours to scale it - a hike of 5.8 miles and a vertical ascent of 2,336 metres over seemingly endless fields of lava ash and huge boulders. “It was absolutely amazing to finally make it to the top of the mountain. The sun was just about to dip below the horizon, and standing alone on the highest point in Japan was just an incredible experience.”

__ The Project __

Materials:

Clay

20 oz. pop bottle

Diet Coke

Mint Mentos

We started building the clay around the empty bottle. When we had the clay all the way up the bottle, we let it dry over night. We woke up the next morning, took it outside, and did the experiment.

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