Kazuhide climbing a sport route with trad gear.
This is Kazuhide climbing a stiff 11b sport route with only trad gear. His first piece is about 15 feet up and past the crux. After that gear is kind of run out and not that comforting. This was the first trad ascent of this route.
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Asia: Japan: Chubu-Nagano_Region: Shiga_Cliffs: Tasogore |
Route: | Yellow Cat (Iero Kato) - 5.11b |