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Visiting Yari-ga-take in November, we follow in the footsteps of a pioneer winter soloist
“Shinu-ze! You’re gonna die,” said the grizzled mountaineer, though there was a twinkle in his eye. A lot of snow had fallen for early November and we’d asked him if we could get up Yari without crampons.Katou buntaro biography books Biography mahatma Katou buntaro biography books free Biography books free Katou buntarou wikipedia Katou buntaro biography books pdf
“Shinu-ze! You’re gonna die,” said the grizzled mountaineer, though there was a twinkle in his eye. A lot of snow had fallen for early November and we’d asked him if we could get up Yari without crampons.
One of us didn’t yet own a pair and the other, out of solidarity, had left his behind. Yet it was too bright an afternoon to think of dying, and so we nodded and smiled, and ploughed on up Yari-sawa, knee-deep through the drifts.
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Waiting for Allan in the shadow of SesshÅ Hut, I wondered who had named the refuge with the characters for ‘kill’ and ‘life’ and why. A rustling from above distracted me: rivulets of snow were tumbling down Yari’s sunward face.
From this angle, the mountain really did look Matterhorn-like.
It was Walter Weston, the mountaineering missionary, who first dubbed Yari the “Matterhorn of Japan”. Bu