masa-alpin
I started climbing in Japan, then moved to the UK and `found' trad climbing. I fell in love with it immediately. My utmost passion has been and is always mountaineering. Trad is the closest one can get to it. Any one fancy doing wild mountaineering with me?Location
Highland
Best Climbing Experience
UK-winter: Piggott's Route (Beinn Eighe), UK-summer: Link Cove Gill (Patterdale)
UK-rock: Valkyrie (Roaches Lower Tier)
EU-summer: Frendo Spur (Aiguille du Midi in French Alps), EU-winter: Les Formes de Chaos (Ceillac)
World-winter: Traverse from Akamine to Nyoho (Nikko, Japan)
Recent Postings
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Personal Webpage
http://www.saferclimbing.org/
Articles by masa-alpin
Interests Outside Climbing
Martialarts (Jiu Jitsu and Aikido), Astronomy
About My Photography
My photo selection is accessible at my Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alpiniste/
Photo Gallery
Aiguille du Midi and Arête des Cosmiques over Chamonix valley
© Masa Sakano
Fall during Greg Boswell's attempted first ascent of Banana Wall (XII, 12), Coire an Lochain. He sent it later on the day.
© Masa Sakano
Max Cole leading the final snow ridge to the summit of Mont Maudit via Frontier Ridge (Arête Küffner).
© Masa Sakano
Nige Kershaw on The Screamer, Reiff, North-West Highland.
© Masa Sakano
A climber on Cure by Choice (HVS), Bosigran Ridge Area, taken on 22 April 2011.
© Masa Sakano
Climber on Crow's Nest Direct, Gimmer Crag on a sunny summer day
© CC-SA-4.0 (by Masa Sakano)
Climbers on Tower Ridge
© Masa Sakano
Climber on Inbred, Creag Dubh (2017-06-30)
© Masa Sakano
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