Kokou no Hito 69

These ties make it hard to move forward.

[Kokou no Hito 69 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: 69th Climb Solo Climber's Struggle
[Ooh, this is the big ROPE METAPHOR chapter.]

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Niimi: ...........!!
That was Mori's voice...
SFX: Kun

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Niimi: Vice Captaaaaaain!
I thin Mori is belaying-----!!!
Komatsu: ............................
............................
Niimi: Understood, Vice Captaaaaain!!
I'll resume climbiiiing!!!

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Niimi: All right, now I can blast my way up!!
SFX: Bash
To go climb without a belay, and at the same time as the top, isn't normal. Going without a rope is better than this...!!
That old man sure is in a hurry......
Komatsu: Don't lollygag!!!
Ya don't have time to worry about yer safety!!!
Geex.
Good job gathering this bunch of trash.
Brinin' these guys to K2!?
That sheltered rich kid's forcing an unreasonable demand onto me......!!!!

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Kase: They sure are going fast.
Is he already up there.......?
SFX: HAA HAA
SFX: GAH
SFX: KUN
Kase: Yeah, they're really hurrying.
I'll be right there.
Goddammit. That Mori guy can be the top continuously for two straight days at this speed...?

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Kase: It's just as Ninomiya said.
That kid might nab the top of K2...

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Kunieda: So cold.
What's he doing up there, diggin' for gold?
This isn't even half way yet.

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SFX: Shuru
SFX: Shururu
Mori: I don't really hate
taking the top.
With pure white snow stretching out in front of you,
it's fun to draw a line that's only mine.

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Mori: It's like on pure white drawing paper
being free to be able to draw a line however you like...

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[Your lines SUCK!]

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[Aaaand here are the rope metaphors.]

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[There are a couple dark bands on the ones in the middle.]

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SFX: GISHIII
Oonishi: Mori, tie the rope.
People can't live without ties to each other.
[Looking back, that guy was a real sedo-masochist with all his love of rope play.]

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[Yeah...]

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[The ties that bind us.]

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Mori: ..........
Kase: Damn. I've really lost my touch...
if I can't see such a simple route.
SFX: HAA HAA HAA
全盛期の俺ならどんな岩でも一発でルートファインディングできたのに
In my heyday I could've found the route to any rock in one shot.
まるで株価のチャートみてぇによぉ
It looks just like it's a stock chart...

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Guy: Amazing!! The way Kase-san read it was right again!!
In one night we had 6 billion in earnings!!!
Other Guy: How can you see into the future like that, Kase-san!!!?
SFX: Gakin.
Kase: !?
SFX: Biki bikiki
Kase: Uh-oh.
I hit into some verglas...!!!

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SFX: BAKAH
[You're bankrupt, Kase... Kase... What the hell was his first name? Aw, who cares, he's dead now.]

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Kokou no Hito
The Climber