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The Best Climbing Trips in Japan
HIMALAYAN EXPERIENCE BOUGHT TO THE MOUNTAINS OF JAPAN
JAPANESE ALPINISM BOUGHT TO THE WORLD
Hundreds of route options, climbed in excellent alpine style
The iconic peak climbed the way we do in the Himalaya
From easy gullies to international class lines and first ascents
ALPINE CLIMBING JAPAN IS RUN BY CLIMBERS. WE SPENT THE YEAR IN THE MOST OBSCURE RANGES OF ASIA, CALLING JAPAN HOME BETWEEN TIBET, THE KARAKORAM AND THE GOBI DESERT. WE SEE JAPANESE ALPINISM AS HAVING A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CLIMBING, AS PROVEN BY DECADES OF VANGUARD ASCENTS TO THE WORLDS HIGHEST AND HARDEST PEAKS
WE RUN OUR TRIPS IN JAPAN THE SAME WAY WE DO OUR TRIPS IN TIBET AND THE KARAKORAM; COMMITTED, ENERGETIC, AUTHENTIC AND NO BULLS#!T. AS REAL CLIMBERS OURSELVES WE PRESENT REAL CLIMBING.
THE CLIMBERS ON OUR TRIPS COME FROM EVERYWHERE AND CLIMB AT EVERY LEVEL. SOME ARE TRAINING FOR 8000m ASCENTS, SOME WANT TO CLIMB THE COOLEST ICE AROUND, AND OTHERS WANT TO SEE JAPAN IN A WAY THAT TOURISTS NEVER WILL. WE ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO THINK DIFFERENTLY, WHO LOVE MOUNTAINS, AND WHO KNOW THAT CLIMBING SETS THEM APART FROM THE ORDINARY.
HALF OF OUR CLIMBERS HAVE COME BACK FOR MORE, THE OTHER HALF MOVES ON TO BIGGER THINGS TO BE REPLACED BY THOSE JUST BEGINNING. OUR CLIMBERS ARE OUR TEAM AND EACH CONTRIBUTES TO THE TRIP