1-day Multi-Pitch Rock climbing, Japan, Mt. Myojo

Join IFMGA certified guide Tatsuo on a full day multi-pitch rock climbing trip on Mount Myojo in the beautiful Japan Alps.

Group

Alpes japonaises

1 Day

Nov

High

Intermediate

Highlights

* Spend a full day rock climbing on the south face of Mount Myojo.

* Admire the beautiful scenery and peaks of the Japan Alps.

* Take a ride on the Shinkansen bullet train on your way to the meeting point.

Description

Mount Myojo (1,188m) is a beautiful mountain in the Hida mountains in the Japan Alps. And on this full day trip, I would like to take you on a multi-pitch climbing adventure on it.

On this trip, you will enjoy a six pitch climb on the Mount Myojo’s south face, left rock ridge. While the climb, which does involve some aid climbing, will present some challenges, I can assure you that you will have a fun and rewarding experience. Furthermore, I will see to it that you are properly guided throughout the day. I will also provide you with tips and advice on ways to improve your climbing techniques. Thus giving this trip an educational angle that will not only aid you on this climb, but future climbs as well.

The trip will begin at the JR Itoigawa Station, which is a station that can be reached by the high speed Shinkansen train, which if you have not had not enjoyed a ride is a great experience all on its own. After you’ve arrived at the station, at approximately 9:00 am, we will make our way to Mount Myojo. The approach is very short, only about 15 minutes. So within a short time of your arrival, you can start climbing!

Even though this climbing trip on Mount Myojo lasts only 1 day, I can assure you the memories of it will last much longer. So if you are looking to enjoy some great multi-pitch rock climbing, just send me a request. I look forward to hearing from you.

I can also take you climbing on a 2 day trip in the northern Japan Alps that will involve a traverse from Kotakigawa to Tsugami Shindo.

There is also a private version of this trip, and other similar rock climbing trips that you can check out here.

Price includes

- Guiding fee

About the guide

Tatsuo

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Mountain Guide

I'm an IFMGA certified mountain guide, based in Saitama, in the vicinity of Tokyo.

At around the age of 12, I was captured by charms of the mountains as I started hiking with my friends in Japan. My main passion changed from hiking, to rock climbing, to winter mountains, to climbing abroad, but I was never let go by the mountain charms since then..

I've been guiding since 1995 and have also been trained at ENSA, the French mountaineering school in Chamonix.
As a climber, I've opened numerous new free climbing and multi pitch routes and accomplished a lot of first ascents all over Japan.
My experience extends abroad as well, having climbed the classic big wall rock climbing routes on El Capitan (Yosemite), Marmolada / Cime Grande (Dolomites), Lotus flower Tower (Canada), Trango Towers (Karakoram), and Fitz Roy (Patagonia), and in alpine climbing, the famous north faces of the Alps (Eiger, Matterhorn, Drus), as well as ice falls and high altitude mountains (Aconcagua, Amadablam, K2).

Guiding is not something anyone can do.
A mountain guide needs to be an advanced climber. But being a good mountain guide requires completely different set of skills including rope works and it's not enough to just be an expert climber. As a mountain guide, I aspire to continuously learn new techniques and develop myself as a guide, so as to guide clients safely and surely.
Finally, it is not enough to just have the right skills and knowledge to be a good mountain guide. One must understand the needs of each client and try his / her best to ensure clients' mountain experience is enjoyable and memorable and /or that the clients have learnt the techniques to become a better climber / mountaineer. This is my motto.

Lastly, please note that I don't speak English fluently so I will be communicating to you in mixture of English and gestures (or Japanese, if you can understand!).

I hope you get to enjoy the mountains in Japan or elsewhere with me!

Languages

Japanese | English

Certificates

JMGA

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