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Climber Yoshitomi Okura (68), a mountain climber who has been observing weather at North America's highest peak for 30 years.
A mountain climber, Kikurafuku Okura (68), who climbed many Himalayan 8,000-meter peaks and continued to challenge the first winter climb of Mount Everest. This summer, I made a break from the weather observation activities at Denali (formerly McKinley), which has been going on for 30 years with the soul of retirement. How can we make use of Denali's 30 years in the mountains of Japan? The dream is to spread the ultimate “eco-climbing” to protect nature.
"Denali's 30 years. I was happy."
The weather observation activity that has continued since 1990 at Denali (formerly McKinley, 6190 meters above sea level) in Alaska, the highest peak in the North American continent, was marked this summer.
During this time, the climb was 27 times. Near the summit ...