Mt Tanigawa (谷川岳)

Mar 12

Is a 1,977M a towering and beautiful symbol of the north. Is located on the border of Gunma Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture. Known as the "Mountain of Death," with a tragic history, claiming over 800 lives over the years, primarily due to rock climbing and challenging conditions.

Located in Mikuni Mountain range on the border of Gunma and Nigata prefecture. The summit has twin peaks Tomanomimi (トマノ耳) and Okinomimi (オキノ耳). Known as “Mountain of Evil”. It’s not because the handful of steep cliffs and rocky sections, it’s not because of multiple sections with chains and ladders to help you on the narrow ridge line, is not the elevation (1977M), and not the bells along the trail to scare the bears – it is sudden and unpredictable change of weather that claimed over 800 lives.

Don Kalubowila

“The life would have been easier had I not learned to challenge my own fears, had I not considered other possibilities, had I believed everything I was told (including things that was coming from my own brain). But easy has never been the point., if I didn’t take that first step out of my comfort zone, I couldn’t have traveled in 38 countries, I couldn’t have sailed across Atlantic, I couldn’t have cycled across US, Mexico &Japan, I couldn’t have worked in half a dozen of countries, and I couldn’t have done so many things I’ve done. If I had believed what I was told and let my own fears dictate my life, what boring life it would have been”

Mt Tanigawa (谷川岳)

Mt Tskuba (筑波山)