Abstract

Half a life of climbing enthusiastically, following his heart.
From his teenage warrior training to his numerous ascents in the Himalayas to his reemergence in the present.
The book traces his major climbs, with memoirs and abundant photographs.

Yasushi Yamanoi, a climber in his early twenties, has lived for almost forty years while pursuing adventurous mountaineering that lies between life and death.
This book brings together his life story with a wealth of photographs, his published memoirs, interviews, and dialogues.

[Contents]
I. The mountains of his youth: A memoir of his training in the U.S. in his late teens, his solo on the West Face of Thor, and his winter solo on Fitz Roy.
II: Days in the Himalayas / A series of 20 expeditions to the Himalayas over a period of about 10 years, from 1991 to 2002 in Gyachungkang.
III: Reemergence as a climber despite losing a finger to frostbite
IV Dialogues and Interviews
V: Alpinism Chronology / A list of 45 years of intense mountain climbing.

Author’s Information

Born in 1965.
He was fascinated by climbing movies when he was in elementary school, and spent his teenage years climbing.
Since his 20s, he has practiced climbing in the Himalayas and other parts of the world, and continues to climb actively.
He is the author of "Vertical Memory" and "Alpinism and Death" (both published by Yama-kei Publishers) and two critical biographies about him, "Solo" (written by Naoki Maruyama, Yama-kei Publishers) and "Frozen" (written by Kotaro Sawaki, Shinchosha).