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Walking Virtually, Mount Fuji

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Postcard, 46 miles = 74 km, finish.

31 December 2021. 0.5 mile, ~ 0.75 km (walked daily mile, count 1/2 here , 1/2 for Mississippi). Virtually, done! Total 74 km.

Overall, for ease of math, I rounded 1 mile down to 1.5 km instead of 1.6 km, which means I walked ~ 78 km.

Final totals
49 miles
78.86 km
44 activity days – 1 day of biking at beginning, then walking.
43 walks. Mile a day, except five days: 2.25m, 2m, 0.5m three times.

30 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, walking around rim. Total 73.5 km.

29 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, summit! Total 72 km.

28 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, well into snow field. Total 70.5 km.

27 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, crossed patch of snow. Total 69 km.

25 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, passing patches of snow. Total 67.5 km.

24 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, moving from grass to rock. Total 66 km.

22 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, near
Fujisan Komitake Shrine/Official Travel Guide Yamanashi. Total 64.5 km.

21 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 63 km.

20 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, started passing stations yet? Total 61.5 km.

19 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 60 km.

Postcard, 37 miles = ~59.5 miles. Not sure why 5th station is at 37 miles, when surfing says it is ~5km (~3m) from the top, which is at 46 miles. Oh well, my whole route has been a guess.

17 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, route starting to wiggle. Up? Total 58.5 km.

14 December 2021. 2 mile, ~ 3 km. Total 57 km.

13 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually , golf course at 53 km. Can’t be too steep. Total 54 km.

12 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually. Total 52.5 km.

09 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, switchback. Climbing, I assume. Total 51 km.

07 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 49.5 km.

06 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 48 km.

05 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, leaving shores of Lake Y. Total 46.5 km.

04 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, my route puts Lake Y at 44km. Oh well. Total 45 km.

03 December 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 43.5 km.

30 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 42 km.

29 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 40.5 km.

Postcard, 25 miles = 40 km. Lake Yamanakako/Official Travel Guide Yamanashi

28 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 39 km.

27 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, more trees, fewer buildings. Total 37.5 km.

26 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, passed thru forest & shrines at 35 km. Total 36 km.

24 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 34.5 km.

23 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, passed Mt. Fuji RR Station. Total 33 km.

19 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, low-rise development. Total 31.5 km.

17 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 30 km.

16 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, leaving Lake K. Total 28.5 km.

15 November 2021. 0.5 mile , ~ .75 km. Total 27 km.

12 November 2021. 1.1 miles, ~ 1.5 km. Total 26.25 km.

Postcard, 16 miles = 25.7 km.

10 November 2021. 0.51 miles, ~ .75 km. Virtually, reaching the shore of Lake Kawaguchiko. Total 24.75 km.

8 November 2021. 1 mile, ~ 1.5 km. Total 24 km.

3 November 2021. 1.1 miles, ~ 1.5 km. Total 22.5 km.

1 November 2021. 1.1 miles, ~ 1.5 km. Total 21 km.

29 October 2021. 1.13 miles, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually, passed Narusawa Mt. Fuji Museum (Navitime page). Total 19.5 km.

28 October 2021. 1.1 miles, ~ 1.5 km. Total 18 km.

27 October 2021. 1.1 miles, ~ 1.5 km. Virtually passed Narusawa Ice Cave. Total 16.5 km.

26 October 2021. ~~2.29~~ 2.25 miles, ~ 3.5 km. Virtually, every house seems to have its own field. Too big & too cultivated to be lawns. Houses not spread out enough to be farm country. Hmm. Total 15 km. Later, lopped off .04 m to pretty up the final numbers, still over 3.5 km (3.62 km).

Postcard, 9 miles = 14.5 km, Aokigahara Forest (青木ヶ原).

20 October 2021. 1 mile, logged as 1.5 km. Virtually, passed Lake Saiko Bat Cave. Total 11.5 km.

18 October 2021. 1 mile, logged as 1.6 km. Virtually, on the shore of Lake Saiko, one of the Fuji Five Lakes. Total 10 km.

16 October 2021. IRL 1 mile, logged as 1.6 km. Virtually, looks a lot like a mile ago. Total 8.4 km.

Confession. Ran out of time for official Virtual Challenge. Could not extend. Tossed in random miles to “finish” in order to get postcards, finisher certificate, & medal. Copied course into Create My Course/Map My Ride. Doing it DIY.

Logistics. Well, that wasn’t working. Switch to walking miles.

8 August 2021. IRL 4.25 km biking. Total 6.8 km.