🍱 Delicacy of the Day

Rootkit - Summit

When it comes to sound design, few can do it like Nosy Norwegian Rootkit.

He’s one of the few early Monstercat artists that’s still going strong.

It’s one of those artists that release one in a blue moon and come out with unique soundscapes that blow everything else out of the water.

This song is no exception.

In fact, it was one of those that reinforced the silly idea to go hike a mountain.

Would even say that without this song as inspiration, I would not have reached the summit of Fuji.

The melody is fantastic, the composition is clean, and to sound like a broken record…

And honestly, this whole track sounds like an adventure.

Njoy.

💭 Quick Drivel

It’s 4am.

This is the best I’ve slept in weeks.

The sunrise starts in 10 minutes so there’s no time to waste.

I take a step outside…

And immeditely start freezing.

Now tell me… would you freeze for this view?

Totally worth the frostbite.

Which by the way, the sunrise finished at like 4:40am.

Do Japanese people get to sleep? That’s an insanely early time for the sun to be up LMAO.

In any case, we had to start getting ready to hike for the summit.

Everyone got some more of that free rice and curry for breakfast.

The American’t mind couldn’t comprehend that.

And shortly after, it was time to hike again.

Now despite how well I slept…

So instead of carrying that heavy ass backpack…

I stuff a liter wattle bottle on an arm sleeve

A small oxygen can in the other

Snacks on the pockets

And look like michelin man.

The hike itself was still demanding but FAR easier than when carrying 10 million things.

3 hours later and we’re at the summit.

I get a stamp for my book, a charm and send a postcard home through their fully functional POST SERVICE SYSTEM?

Yeah so…

They have a whole ass convenience store, a FUNCTIONAL VENDING MACHINE, and wifi.

So you know… not much of a “place to disconnect”

I also ran out of money in the process…

So all is going well!

But we ain’t done yet…

Because it’s time to climb to the very peak.

Which is a near 90 degree angle hike with slippery terrain…

30 minutes later and we make it all the way to the summit.

It feels unreal to be saying that even a year later.

And that’s it!

Wait… what do you mean we have to “climb down”?

Yup!

Everything that goes up must come down.

The guide said jumping off the edge and rolling all the way down was out of the question.

So after re-acquiring the gear from the hut, it was time for the descent

Which looked something like THIS:

Lack of visibility aide, the descent is miles harder than the ascent.

But that could be the fact that I haven’t stopped moving since I landed 3 days ago.

4 hours later we were back at the van.

After a ride to Kawaguchiko Station (didn’t get lost this time!) it was time to say goodbye to everyone.

But the day wasn’t over yet…

No sir.

I saw this temple on google maps and HAD to go check it out.

But when I got there all I saw were.

And even though my legs are BEGGING for a medival age treatement of getting chopped off…

I “hike” my way to the top of this “mountain”

From there it was time to get back to Tokyo.

I was planning on enjoying the sights on my way back…

Except exhaustion caught up to me and I passed out on the bus, lol.

But when I woke up, I saw we were very much STUCK in traffic.

And as usual, both my phones were dying and the battery was almost out of juice.

(Mt Fuji has wifi but no outlets, you figure that one out)

Regardless, we make it back to tokyo at 7pm and it was OFF TO THE RACES AGAIN!

There’s a place I saw G Jones talk about that I had to check out.

It’s called Meikyoku Kissa Lion.

It closes at 8pm.

So I drop all my crap in a locker and run from the station to the coffee shop, getting there at 7:30.

And fo the next 30 minutes I get the most beatufiul and serene experience that matched the sights from the summit of Fuji.

I’ll let you read more about that here.

Then we all get kicked out as the shop is closing.

Surely that’s it?

NOPE. I had made plans with the friends from day 2.

And what better way to celebrate than with an all-you-can-eat BBQ!

We then visit the holy land of Don Qujiote…

And head back to the Airbnb before all the trains stop.

The time I got back?

We’ll talk about that at another time…

Because tomorrow is another early wakeup.

Rest? Until the wheels come off.

📡 Signal

Today a year ago, one of the best albums of all time came out.

Today I finally finished the article that’s been in writing for a year.

There’s a lot more to say about this album.

Hz

P.S. TRIP SCORE: (4 days)

Hours slept total: 20.

Times phone died: 2.

Times lost/taking the wrong train: 3.

Strangers met and talked to: 7.

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