岩 ALPINE ROCK

JAPAN'S BEST ALPINE TRIPS BEGIN HERE

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JAPAN HAS NO SHORTAGE OF ALPINE ROCK, AND WHILST THERE’S A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE SUMMER CRAGS AND SEA CLIFFS, IN AMONGST THE 3000m OF CENTRAL JAPAN THERE’S A LOT OF SOARING WALLS, PILLARS AND ALPINE FACES THAT MAKE FOR FULL ALPINE ASCENTS. SOME AREAS WERE ONCE CENTRAL TO JAPAN’S CLIMBING HERITAGE, NOW QUIET AND AWAITING FREE ASCENTS, OTHERS HAVE NEVER SEEN MUCH TRAFFIC, WITH HUGE POTENTIAL FOR NEW LINES.

UNLIKE THE POPULAR VERSIONS OF ROCK CLIMBING, WE SPECIALIZE – UNSURPRISINGLY – IN MULTIDAY ALPINE ROCK ASCENTS. FROM THE EASY ACCESS AREAS LIKE MIZUGAKI-YAMA AND TANIGAWA TO FULL EXPED TRIPS TO PLACES LIKE THE PILLARS OF KUROBE AND EAST FACE OF KAIKOMAGATAKE.

IF YOUR IDEAS OF ROCK ARE BIGGER THAN SIMPLY DAYS CLIPPING BOLTS OR SITTING ON MATS, THEN JAPAN’S ALPINE ROCK ROUTES ARE FOR YOU, COMBINING THE QUINTESSENTIAL JAPANESE LANDSCAPE, WITH REMOTENESS, COMMITTED CLIMBING & ROUTES BASED ON A JAPAN’S OWN CLIMBING LOGIC.

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