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Naomi Uemura egao no boken-ka

  • 2010
  • Japan
  • Color
  • 88 min

Program of the 'Sticking to people' series from the Japanese NHK educational channel dedicated to Naomi Uemura. Under the title of Naomi Uemura smiley adventurer, the program follows the life of the japanese mountaineer and adventurer.

Uemura was the first man ever to reach the North Pole solo, the first man ever to raft the Amazon solo, and the first man ever to climb Denali solo. In 1970 Uemura was the first member of a Japanese team of 39 climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In February 1984 Uemura began a solo winter climb of Mount McKinley. He dissappeared in the way back to base camp after having successfully ascended the mountain.

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