Godfather of extreme skiing

1970 On the afternoon of May 6th, Mihura Xiongichiro stood at the south entrance of Mount Everest at an altitude of more than 26,000 feet. He wore white sunscreen on his lips and a fighter pilot's helmet and transceiver on his head. He also has an oxygen tank and a parachute tied to his back, but no one knows whether the parachute can work at that height. He is wearing skis on his feet.

Shortness of breath and deep breathing made San Pu's friends feel a Zen-like emptiness.

Then he left.

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Mihura Yuki enjoyed a high reputation in skiing before climbing Mount Everest. He is the son of the legendary Mihura Keizo, who was a pioneer in Japanese skiing in the Batian Mountains. 1964 set a world skiing speed record of 172.084 km/h (nearly 107 mph). "It's great that I can set a record," San Pu said, "but I know it's a record that is destined to be broken."

It broke down the next day. San Pu was never brought back by Yukio Hatoyama, but he was famous for skiing the most spectacular mountain in the world. He set off from Mount Fuji on April 1966. He wants to get rid of Fuji as soon as possible, but he also wants to live. Therefore, mikula decided to deploy the parachute when he reached the maximum speed, because the parachute could slow him down to a safe level. His invention runs at a speed of 93 miles per hour. He became the first person to ski.

Later in the same year, San Pu also skied the highest mountain in Australia, Koscusco Mountain, and the highest mountain in North America, Mount McKinley, at an altitude of 1967. The following year, he became the first person to ski on Mount P in Popocate, Mexico, and in 1969, he put Panetta in Chile at the top of his list. "In my opinion, what is more satisfying than winning the book * * *," Tomura wrote later, referring to his decision to travel in the mountains, "forgot the joy of being integrated with the mountains."

After Mihura completed his feat in Mount Fuji, the New Zealand Tourism Board invited him to ski in Tasman Glacier. During his stay in New Zealand, he met Sir Edmund Hillary, a climber who conquered Mount Everest with tenzing norgay in 1953. "Sir Edmund Hillary is my superhero," San Pu said. "When I heard his speech on Mount Everest, I also decided that my goal was to become Mount Everest." Hillary encouraged someone to ski Mount Everest when they were thinking about it. "He inspired me to be an extreme skier who can make history," San Pu said.

Nepal * * * also accepted this idea. But there is a trap, San Pu can ski, not Mount Everest, but Nanshankou. Yamaguchi is a slightly lower mountain pass connecting Mount Everest and Lodz, the fourth highest mountain in the world, but it is still a slope of 40 to 45 degrees. "My goal is clear, and that is to slide down Mount Everest," he said. 1in the autumn of 969, when he was conducting reconnaissance and trial operation in Everest,

San Pu was forced to accept a very possible route. "When I planned to ski Mount Everest, the first thing I faced was' How can I come back alive? He recalled that all preparation and training were based on this problem. But the more I prepare, the more I know that my chances of survival are slim. No one in the world has ever done this, so I told myself that I must face death. Otherwise, I am not qualified.

1970 February, the Japanese Everest ski expedition arrived in Kathmandu. This team is not only an extreme skiing expedition, but also a scientific mission, including mountaineers, scientists, ski teams, film crews, photographers and journalists. During the 22-day trip 185 miles from March 6th, 1970, 800 porters went to Everest Base Camp with 27 tons of equipment. At base camp

It took the expedition several weeks to get used to the thin air of Mount Everest, which is 65,438+07,600 feet above sea level and contains about half of the oxygen content at sea level, and to prepare for further mountaineering trips. For him, San Pu turned Mount Everest into his Mount Kilimanjaro in Costa Rica and went up to physical education class. 1983, he became the first person to ski in Luoyusheng Mountain, Antarctica. 1985, he listed Mount Elbrus in Russia and Mount Aconcagua in Argentina in The Bucket List. "After I skied from Mount Everest, I thought my Everest challenge was over," he said. "I'm more interested in skiing from the highest peak on seven continents. I didn't expect to reach the top in my later years.

However ... in the late 1990s, Mihura Tomoko established himself in climbing Mount Everest. After years of preparation, he reached the summit on May 22nd, 2003, at the age of 70 years and 223 days. At that time, he was the oldest climber Five years later, he reached the top again. He saw the mountain pass in the south twice and thought twice, "how can I do this and survive?"

He plans to climb Mount Everest again in 20 13, this time starting from China. He will be 80 years old.