tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post587049231949607553..comments2024-03-28T22:18:49.598+01:00Comments on One Hundred Mountains: “Mountains that women can climb” (3)Project Hyakumeizanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-2648233401583302692011-02-23T05:27:52.033+01:002011-02-23T05:27:52.033+01:00I just have to say that this is all very interesti...I just have to say that this is all very interesting and enjoyable to read. However, the number of these tough ladies that met their makers doing what they loved has me thinking twice about the merits of having a hypothetical partner who enjoys climbing to that extreme. My wife can take comfort in the thought that I prefer someone like her who enjoys nature but doesn't need to climb over someone who might not come back alive from a peak experience.Peter Skovhttp://www.projectsanmyaku.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-19879366803088797462011-02-16T02:37:20.608+01:002011-02-16T02:37:20.608+01:00"Everest Mama-san"... great title :-)
U..."Everest Mama-san"... great title :-)<br /><br />Unfortunately my Japanese skills are nowhere near the challenge of reading it, never mind translating it!! That's the chief reason why I enjoy your blog so much Martin... you give the rest of us access to all this history.<br /><br />It does make you wonder how many amazing stories are locked away in the various languages around the world... no shortcut there, though...Tonyhttp://climbjapan.blogpost.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-82913273717979038242011-02-15T19:19:02.571+01:002011-02-15T19:19:02.571+01:00Tony: thanks for reading. As for Tabei-san's w...Tony: thanks for reading. As for Tabei-san's winter bivvy (standing!) in Ichinokura-sawa, I don't even know if it was on Chuoryo or another climb. But I'm sure you'll find the answer in her book, Everest Mama-san. Maybe somebody could have a go at translating it too ...:) It must be quite a story, especially the pre-Everest years.Project Hyakumeizanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-25116650585657935272011-02-15T10:22:51.534+01:002011-02-15T10:22:51.534+01:00Hi Martin.
This was a superb post. It's gr...Hi Martin. <br /><br />This was a superb post. It's great to read about these ladies. Until I read your article I was of the belief that Wanda Rutkiewicz and her team of Polish ladies made the first all-female ascent of the N Face of the Matterhorn, but I see that they were pre-dated by about 10 years!<br /><br />Having climbed the Chuo-ryo on Ichinokuradake, I am very impressed with the determination that those two girls must have had to get themselves up it in midwinter, with a standing bivouac along the way!! Do you happen to know where on the route the bivouac was? Was it at the big ledge above the crux chimney pitch by any chance?<br /><br />Thanks again for the wonderful writing.<br /><br />TonyTonyhttp://climbjapan.blogpost.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-32672692096314756202011-02-14T21:13:14.828+01:002011-02-14T21:13:14.828+01:00Kitty: I very much agree with you that all these c...Kitty: I very much agree with you that all these climbers are a novel unto themselves - actually, I believe that the mountain novelist, Nitta Jiro, wrote a novel based on the life of one of the trio of Tabei Junko's contemporaries - unfortunately can't recall which of the three it was. Tabei Junko and Imai Michiko have written well regarded autobiographies too. But, based on Project Hyakumeizan's experience with Japan's most famous mountain book, I don't see foreign publishers bidding up the price of translation rights any time soon. (*Sigh*)<br /><br />Sapphire: thanks for a most interesting question. I believe that the history of sun protection among women climbers could provide the meat for a most interesting - and quite lengthy - disquisition. I would start with those redoubtable English lady alpinists of the 19th century - at least one of whom wore a full veil against the sun - almost a hajib, one might say. The question of what lady climbers wore against the sun in 1950s Japan would depend on what was available. In Europe, at that time, mountaineers used to apply a somewhat unpleasant but effective concoction called "glacier cream". It gave a greenish tinge to the user's face, making him or her look a bit like a stray Martian. Alas, I haven't seen colour photos of lady climbers from that era, so it's difficult to say what kind of sun protection they might have been using. Perhaps Nitta Jiro mentions it in the relevant novel....Project Hyakumeizanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-88524703495456599602011-02-13T15:59:44.510+01:002011-02-13T15:59:44.510+01:00I love your mountain photos too! Blue is so beauti...I love your mountain photos too! Blue is so beautiful. I know very well that it is not a good question but I can't help thinking of this; "did those early women climbers who climbed in the 50's take any measures to prevent sunburn?" When I climbed high mountains, I was always thinking about my sunblock so...☆sapphirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444996989089740303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-17833953854309482722011-02-12T18:33:23.974+01:002011-02-12T18:33:23.974+01:00Great post! Each of the women who perished is an ...Great post! Each of the women who perished is an historical novel unto itself; collectively, an amazing anthology exists that I wish you would pursue (as you've laid the groundwork.) Your beautiful writing voice pulls the reader in until there's a feeling of being there. Having said that, mountain climbing, whether by men or women, requires attribuates that others admire and can learn from. Anything you wrote would appeal to and inspire the larger public.<br /><br />(I especially loved the mountain photo flanked by the sun and the climbers. Really, really nice!)Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-55203712882671497022011-02-10T09:15:04.520+01:002011-02-10T09:15:04.520+01:00I was impressed... I fell deep in thought, thinkin...I was impressed... I fell deep in thought, thinking about those remarkable women climbers.sunnybeautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674968432555807898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-68303231011832297572011-02-10T06:04:06.966+01:002011-02-10T06:04:06.966+01:00I'm always impressed by the feats of female al...I'm always impressed by the feats of female alpinists. Great blog, Captain.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100401358058552179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-25351476415255533632011-02-10T01:09:13.770+01:002011-02-10T01:09:13.770+01:00great post- I really enjoy your bloggreat post- I really enjoy your blogbirdmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139113709962808555noreply@blogger.com