下山にはどのルートよりも短時間で下る事が出来る（休憩時間含まなければ2時間半）砂とジャリの須走口ルートをチョイス。下山道には山小屋が少なく、焼き印は8合目の
江戸屋（3,350m）でのみ押してもらいました。
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こんな感じで楽しそうな下りですが、コレがタイヘンでした。延々とじゃり砂まみれで下って行くと足がだるくなってきてガクガク！砂埃よけのマスクが暑い！ブーツの中に石が入る！石を取り除こうと思って岩に座ったらパンツのオシリが破れる！相棒と友人Kが待ってくれているのが遠くに見える！アブがいっぱい飛んでいて顔のまわりでブンブンうるさい！泣きっ面にアブでした！登山よりも下山の方が数段にキツかった。
07:09に下山始めて、須走口5合目に到着したのは10:45。アツイ、キツイ。河口湖口よりもショボいお土産屋さん（その方が山っぽくてイイんですけど）で相棒とKは勤務先へのオミヤゲ購入。シャワー浴びて、水をガブガブ飲みたいな〜なんて思ってるワタシの横で、一足早く下山したKはソフトクリーム食べてました！ゲンキだね！
温泉、もしくは銭湯に入ってその後ビール！がヨカッタのだけれども、そこら辺は詰めがあまく、ちゃんと計画してませんでした。とりあえずJR御殿場駅に行けば何かあるだろうと11:00発のバス（1500円）に乗って11:55分にJR御殿場駅に到着。ところが駅周辺には何にもない！ガーンッ。市営の銭湯も定休日でした！仕方なく砂まみれのまま、唯一食事が出来そうだったホテルのレストランにてビールで乾杯しました。
あさぎりが1日に4往復しかしていなかったので、仕方なく小田急線やロマンスカーを乗り継いで新宿到着が15:39。電車の中では3人揃って爆睡でした。偶然にも帰りのタクシーの運転手さんが富士山も制覇している登山好き。
ワタシの焼き印いっぱいの金剛杖を見てウレシそうでした。計16カ所で押してもらいました。
We chose the Subashiri-guchi route for climbing down. It was a fast descending route (2.5 hours without rest) with loose gravel and sand. There were not many huts and
Edoya (3.350m) at the 8th station was the only hut which offered burning stamps.
This guy was climbing down very easily, but it was very tough for me! After about an hour, my legs were so tired that I couldn't move them anymore! There was gravel in my boots! I ripped my pants from sitting on a rock when I tried to empty the gravel from my boots! I could see C and K far way waiting for me (sigh)! And lots of horseflies around my face! So noisy! Going down was much harder than climbing up!
We started descending at 07:09, and arrived at the Subashiri-guchi 5th station at 10:45. The shops were shabbier than at Kawaguchiko-guchi 5th station, but I guess shabby is better somehow. I had a craving for taking a bath and drinking lots of water and I couldn't believe that K was eating soft cream! He was genki!
We wanted to visit a hot spa or public bath and toast with beers. But we didn't plan in advance, so we didn't know where to go. We decided to take a bus to JR Gotenba station at 11:00 and arrived there at 11:55. I imagined that there would be lots of shops and restaurants, but there was nothing and the public bath was closed! We were completely covered with dust, but we went to a restaurant in a hotel, that was the only choice. And we did toast with beers!
There are only four express trains a day from Gotenba to Shinjuku, so we took local trains and a
Romancecar and arrived in Shinjuku at 15:39. It took 2 hours, but we all slept in the trains. The cab driver we took to our home was a mountain climber. He was happy to see
my stick with lots of stamps. In the end I got stamps from 16 places.
