It was just as well that we made the trip yesterday. To-day the weather
is mean,--cloudy, hot, and dusty all at the same time. Yesterday we had
clear azure and gold,--and lilac-flashing dragonflies,--and a glorious
moon coming home.
After seeing your shoulders I have no doubt about your finding Fuji
child's-play--even Fuji could not break such a back as that; but I think
that you will do well, on the climb, to eat very lightly. My experience
was that the less eating the easier climbing. I took one drink on the
stiff part of the climb,--contrary to the advice of the guides,--and I
was sorry for it. The necessity is to reduce rather than stimulate the
circulation when you get to the rarefied zone. Perhaps you will find
another route better than the Gotemba route; but Amenomori would be the
best adviser there.
Ever affectionately, with countless thanks,