- Yuji Hirayama
Yuji Hirayama (平山ユージ) is a
Japan ese rock climber, with a possible 5.15a/9a+first ascent called "Flat Mountain" (see "Realization"), and the first onsight of a 5.14b/8c ("White Zombie").Hirayama is also a big-wall climber with ascents of
El Capitan . During September 2002, Hirayama andHans Florine climbed "The Nose" in 2:48:55, setting a new speed record. In 2007 this record was broken by the German "Huberbuam" (Alexander Huber andThomas Huber ). The two brothers climbed "The Nose" on October 8th, 2007 in 2 hours, 45 minutes and 45 seconds. On July 2, 2008, Hirayama and Florine retook the record in a time of 2:43:33.(On 2005 Aug 10,
Tomas Mrazek had the 2nd 8c onsight, "Patra Negra" at Rodellar in northernSpain .)Yuji is also the first Asian climber to win the climbing world cup.
Trivia
"Flat Mountain" comes from a
literal translation of Yuji's family name, Hira(平)-yama(山), into English.External links
* [http://www.jsm.jp/yuji/ Yuji Hirayama homepage] (in Japanese)
* [http://climbing.com/news/yuji14bonsight/ news] of onsight of "White Zombie"
* [http://www.bealplanet.com/beal-video/white_zombie/whitezombie1.htm video] thereof
* [http://www.climbing.com/news/flatmountain/index.html "Flat Mountain"]
* [http://climbing.com/print/features/japan235/index.html Way of Weekend Warrior article]
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