Sunday, September 28, 2025

"Enjoy tackling difficult tasks" (2)

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Continued : how Nakamura Teru paved the way to winter climbing and economic independence for women. In the hardscrabble years after the war’...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

"Enjoy tackling difficult tasks” (1)

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How Nakamura Teru paved the way to winter climbing and economic independence for women. But how could we have forgotten Nakamura Teru? In Ya...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Mountaineering in Greater Japan (5): "offers fine sport"

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Concluded: Walter Weston's guide to alpine activities across the Empire during the 1930s. Like its adopted parent, Japan,  Korea  – now ...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Mountaineering in Japan (4): "beyond the power of human legs to climb"

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Continued: Walter Weston's guide to alpine activities in Japan during the 1930s. THE SOUTHERN JAPANESE ALPS: Of the Southern Japanese Al...
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Friday, August 15, 2025

Mountaineering in Japan (3): "the Zermatt of Japan"

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Continued: Walter Weston's guide to alpine activities in Japan during the 1930s. THE NORTHERN JAPANESE ALPS: This group may best be trea...

Mountaineering in Japan (2): "rocking to and fro"

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Continued: Walter Weston's guide to alpine activities in Japan during the 1930s. Flora : The flora of the Japanese Alpine regions is ric...
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Sunday, August 10, 2025

Mountaineering in Japan (1) : "to a height of 40,000 feet"

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Walter Weston's guide to alpine activities in Japan during the 1930s. The islands of Japan represent the crest of a vast mountain chain ...