Yūji Hirayama
Yūji Hirayama ( Japanese 平 山 ユ ー ジ , Hirayama Yūji ; born February 23, 1969 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese sport climber .
On October 12, 2008, he and Hans Florine needed 2 hours, 37 minutes and 5 seconds to climb the route The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park . This record was set on November 6, 2010 by Sean Leary and Dean Potter with a time of 2 hours, 36 minutes and 45 seconds.
Yuji is the first Asian climber to win the climbing world cup . He was also the first climber in the world who could climb an 8c route (“White Zombie”) on sight .
successes
rock
Routes
- Flatmountain , 9a + ( first ascent , 2003)
- Karachi , 9a (first ascent, 2005)
- Kinematix , 9a (2006)
- Underground , 9a (2000)
- Tas-Tas , 8c + (2004)
- White Zombie , 8c ( onsight , 2004)
- Mortal Kombat , 8b + (onsight, 1999)
- Devers Royal , 8c + (2010)
Boulder
Competitions
- Rockmaster 1991, 2001
- Asian champion 2000, 2006
- 2nd place World Championship 1991 in Frankfurt
- 2nd place World Championship 1999 in Birmingham
- 3rd place World Championship 1993 in Innsbruck
- Six World Cup victories ( Tokyo 1991, Frankfurt 1993, Kranj 1998, Milan 1998, Nantes 2000, Kranj 2000)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans and Yuji improve their nose record ( memento of the original from October 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 25, 2009
- ^ New Nose Record ; Retrieved November 16, 2010
- ↑ New nose speed record on bergstieg.com; Retrieved November 16, 2010
- ↑ IFSC Climbing World Cup 2000
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- IFSC statistics
- Competition results from Hirayama on digitalrock.de
- Portrait of Yuji Hirayama
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirayama, Yūji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 平 山 ユ ー ジ (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese sport climber |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |