Climbing Mt. Fuji (#15/#18)

On July 19-20, 2018, I fulfilled a lifelong dream and stood atop the summit of Fujiyama, the highest mountain in Japan (3,776 meters). And this time, I did not climb alone. On the afternoon of July 19, I set out from Fujinomiya Fifth Station (elevation 2,400 meters) with my mother, Paula, and family friends Laurie and Kaitlyn (another mother-daughter team). Team Fuji/100 Summits 2018 climbed from the fifth station to the New Seventh Station, where we spent the night at Goraiko Sansou, a mountain hut that offers meals and lodging to Fuji climbers. (Each of the stations between Six and Nine offers