Pumori, Japanese Southwest Ridge Ascent. This large expedition ...

P um ori, Japanese Southw est Ridge A scent. This large expedition m arched up the m ountain in true H im alayan style w ith four cam ps, 3000 m eters o f fixed rope and four N epalis accom panying them . The result was that eight Japanese and a N epali got to the sum m it ju st before the big snow storm . The sum m iters w ere Etsuji K saneko, T om ihira T sakeda and A rjun T am ang on O ctober 12, Fum iaki G oto, Fum ihiko K ogure and Yoji O gam a on O ctober 13 and leader Y oshiio O hashi, H isao H oshino and Toru Y am ato on O ctober 14. M i c h a e l J. C h e n e y , H im alayan Club, a n d E l i z a b e t h H

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