Conquering another mountain

Andrew and I conquered another mountain on Friday. This one is called Mt. Sanbe, and it's the highest peak in the Shimane Prefecture. But of course, was tiny compared to Mt. Fuji.

HOWEVER, SINCE I DON'T HAVE MY MT. FUJI PICTURES ANYMORE, THESE WILL HAVE TO BE A DECENT SUBSTITUTE!!!

Okay, I promised I wouldn't do that anymore...sorry.

But, although I did something incredibly stupid with my camera and erased all my pictures, I am actually extremely lucky. My friend Barbara climbed it the week after I did, and the weather was so bad for her that she didn't get to see anything. And Andrew climbed Fuji last year and he said he didn't get to see anything either because it was so cloudy. Plus, two of my students said the weather was really bad when they went too, and they didn't see anything - and one of them has climbed it twice!

So, I will dwell on the fact that even though I don't have my pictures, I have an image of the most beautiful sunrise you could even possibly imagine burned into my memory forever. I honestly think I got a glympse of what Heaven must really be like. I will remember that most people don't get to see the sunrise when they climb it, so incidently, I am very very fortunate!