Listen to what Prof Swartz had to say about his climb in an interview with AlgoaFM.

 

 

Mobile phones can now also be used on the mountain. So we can expect some tweets and Instagram photographs from our Vice-Chancellor.

Find our VC on Twitter @nmmuvc

 

 

 

 

Shopping on Fuji

Visitors buy wooden pilgrim walking sticks in keeping with Japanese tradition at the base of the mountain collecting the crests of the different stations along the trail. These symbols are branded onto the sticks making this a much cherished souvenir and chronicle of a climber’s  journey.