Climbing the World’s Highest Peak at 70
“I want to stand atop Mt. Everest when I am 70 years old.” I was 65 when I first dreamt of that. I skied down from the 8,000m point on Everest at the age of 37, and at 53, I had conquered the highest mountains in all seven continents. However, by 65 I was semi retired from the adventure business. I was telling myself to stop risking my life already. Yet I noticed myself hanging loose between my father, who descended Mount Blanc at the ripe old age of 99, and my son, who competed in the …»
Professional Free Climber Hirayama Yuji
I first tried rock climbing when I was fifteen- I was out of my element and pretty scared. Somehow, though, I made it up the first time. When I descended, I started up the wall again and realized then that each and every rock face was different. I thought “hey, this is something I can do for the rest of my life and never get tired of it.” Even a small rock like that has an enormous number of faces to encounter. If I could enjoy climbing on such a little rock, I could enjoy climbing anywhere. “Wow, what …»
