David Huff was exhausted. He wasn’t supposed to summit Mount Naeba, a 7,000-foot peak northwest of Tokyo, until the next day. But, thinking he had missed the prearranged rendezvous with his lift, he trudged up the two-lane highway to the mountain’s trailhead anyway, hoping he would meet his ride on its descent. Wet and muddy, he saw no one as he climbed in the dark. Eventually, he knew he would have to give up, turn around, and walk two hours to the inn where he was booked for the night. Continue