Joe LaPera --- another good friend. He and I went to Japan on TDY for 30 days, which was another world. Many good times. At that time he was from NY but now lives in Conn. He and I had just come from our bath. By the time we got to the top we were wet with sweat and covered with dust from the road and trail. The steps cut into by the workers were about 200 ft in length and extended to the top of the mountain.