Almost-Halfway 100 Summits Update!

I’ve been climbing my way through the autumn, and simultaneously working on the next Hiro Hattori mystery (tentatively titled Ghost of the Bamboo Grove), and it occurred to me that I’ve been a bit remiss in my blogging updates. Whoops . . . The summit count currently stands at 43 – a respectable almost-halfway total, though the coming snow will present some challenges moving forward. Yesterday I hiked a three-peak traverse in Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, near Tokyo, with my friend (and fellow author) Corinne O’Flynn. We successfully reached the summits of sacred Mt. Mitake, Mt. Okunoin, and Mt. Nabewari. We