Ogawayama

Ogawayama

Ogawayama (小川山?) is a 2,418m tall mountain on the border of Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures in Japan. It is a famous rock climbing area.

The rock in Ogawayama consists of granite[1].

Some famous boulders can be found in Ogawayama. Such as Captain Ahab, the first boulder problem opened in Japan in 1980 [2], and the notorious Banshousha slab boulder.

There is multipitch climbing up to 9 pitches. The routes are generally not bolted.[3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.foundryclimbing.com/articles/issue08/japan/ogawayama.htm
  2. ^ http://www.8a.nu/
  3. ^ http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=264

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