After their gear was stolen, three Japanese climbers thought their trip to Denali was ruined.
Subaru Takeda, Genya Takenaka, and Toranosuke Nagayama take a selfie while climbing a route on Denali.
Nagayama flew to Anchorage from Canada last month to finally make the long-awaited trek on Denali. His two partners — Subaru Takeda and Genya Takenaka — traveled all the way from Japan. The next day, on a whim, Takeda posted a handwritten sign at REI, asking if anyone had information about their stolen gear. Someone took a photo of the sign, and uploaded it toSubaru Takeda posted a handwritten sign at REI after his climbing gear was stolen.
Their plan was to link two complicated climbs together: the West and East Kahiltna Peaks with the Cassin Ridge of Denali. No one had successfully linked these peaks in one self-supported endeavor. Japanese climbers Tatsuro Yamada and Yuto Inoue tried, but they disappeared near the top of Denali
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