Went mirajima island today.decided to climb the mountain for two reasons one a French couple told me it was amazing (there both 19) and two it was on my list of things to do before I die ,well I nearly did..first mistake was to start climbing at 12.30 hottest part of the day about 30 degrees and 75 % humidity,after around 40 min of climbing I was drenched in sweat and my legs were burning (I'm Definatly unfit) then I saw a sign saying I was only a third of the way up.debating wether to give up I looked for a shady place to rest ,only to find around the next corner a 70year old Japanese man resting and drinking some tea.after a short conversation it was evident we were both finding hard going .seeing this grey haired old man disappear upwards spurred me on.if a man of his age could do it surely so could I .i picked up my bag and headed for the top .around 20 min later the old man had stopped to rest again .knowing if I did I wouldn't continue I passed him and continued upwards .20 min later I found a waterfall and had an impromptu shower fully clothed .i needed to do this so with every part of my body aching I carried on for 30 min and then saw a sign saying 0.4k to the summit at which point I began to run feeling like rocky running up the last few steps .it didn't last long before I was completely exhausted but I finally made it expecting a fan fare but nothing expect the only thing you would find on a mountain a coca cola.ha