This Photographer Lives Atop Mount Fuji

A photographer lives in one of the crucial stunning locations on this planet for 2 months every year: atop Mount Fuji in a Shinto shrine.

Megumi Ueda lives in Spartan lodgings yearly through the mountain’s climbing season. Along with taking beautiful photos, she additionally gathers necessary climate data, particularly the situations above the clouds the place it may be extremely windy.

“The weather in the mountains is so complicated,” Ueda tells the Associated Press (AP). “That I think even meteorologists probably have a hard time predicting it.”

She explains the issues of the climate on Mount Fuji, which may differ vastly from the bottom under.

“It probably was really hot today on the ground below,” she says. “But at the summit, the temperature is like midwinter in February.”

On a website dedicated to Mount Fuji weather studies, Ueda urges climbers to not solely verify the climate data earlier than their ascent, but additionally throughout it, as situations can worsen.

“Please choose to descend rather than pushing yourself to the summit,” she provides.

Ueda often updates her Instagram page with fabulous images of the mountain and the sweeping views it provides.

“I wanted to see all the possible views from Mount Fuji,” she tells AP. “To an extent that I didn’t want to even blink. Once I started feeling that way, I became completely hooked.”

It’s hardly stunning: Ueda takes unbelievable images of sunsets above the clouds, hazy mountain peaks, and swirling star trails.

In the AP video, Ueda reveals off her lodging on Mount Fuji, which she cheekily calls her “suite room.”

“I think it’s the best bedroom on Mount Fuji,” she says. The room consists of little greater than a hardwood mattress with a sleeping bag.

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