THE NUTS & BOLTS OF CLIMBING IN JAPAN

JAPAN'S BEST ALPINE TRIPS BEGIN HERE

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O-REN TANI ICE CLIMBING

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WE RUN CLIMBING TRIPS TO EVERY CORNER OF JAPAN, YEAR ROUND, AND HAVE DONE SINCE 2009. MOST OF WHAT WE DO YOU WON’T FIND IN GUIDEBOOKS, AND WE SPECIALIZE IN CLIMBING AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. OUR TRIPS RUN LIKE MINI-EXPEDITIONS AND MANY OF THE CLIMBERS WHO COME TO US ARE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT THING IN THEIR CLIMBING CAREER WHETHER IT’S SOMETHING HARDER, MORE EXOTIC, MORE COMMITTED OR JUST MORE INTERESTING.

AS AN INTERNATIONAL CLIMBING DESTINATION, JAPAN HAS A LOT MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE KNOW, AS GENERATIONS OF TIER ONE JAPANESE ALPINISTS WILL ATTEST TO. THE CLIMBING HERE HAS GOOD TRANSFERABILITY TO PLACES LIKE THE HIMALAYA & KARAKORAM, MAKING IT AN IDEAL TRAINING GROUND OR A STEP TOWARDS FUTURE PLANS.

OUR HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS THE FIRST COMPANY TO OPEN UP JAPANESE-STYLE ALPINISM TO THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS MADE US THE MOST EXPERIENCED FOREIGNER-FRIENDLY CLIMBING COMPANY IN A NOW CROWDED INDUSTRY. WE STILL RUN THE GREATEST ARRAY OF TRIPS, TO THE MOST LOCATIONS, WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF OPTIONS. WHERE OTHER COMPANYS DRAW A LINE IS WHERE WE USUALLY START. OUR RESUME INCLUDES HARD FIRST ASCENTS AND LINK-UPS, LONG TRIPS DEEP INTO JAPAN’S REMOTEST AREAS, MULTI-DISCIPLINE TRIPS, JAPAN’S BIGGEST WALLS IN WINTER, THE HARDEST ICE ROUTES IN ASIA AND THE OPENING UP OF UNKNOWN LOCATIONS. OUR TRIPS TO Mt FUJI IN DEEPEST WINTER ARE FAMOUS HAVING SPENT MORE NIGHTS HIGH ON THE MOUNTAIN THAN ANY OTHERS, AND ROUND THE POPULAR ICE AREAS WE ARE KNOWN FOR OUR OLD SCHOOL ALPINE ETHICS.

WE WORK HARD TO PROVIDE THE MOST AUTHENTIC JAPANESE CLIMBING EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE TO OUR MEMBERS, WITH UP TO 60 NIGHTS A WINTER IN TENTS AND A HIGH LEVEL OF ADAPTABILITY THAT GETS THE MOST OUT OF EVERY TRIP. IF IT’S POSSIBLE WE WILL LOOK INTO DOING IT. WHETHER IT’S LEARNING CLIMB ICE OR PRACTICING FOR SOMETHING LIKE K2, WE HAVE THE NUTS & BOLTS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

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