Kokou no Hito 85

The pressures of those who were around me still lingers... but I am alone, and will act how I want to.

[Kokou no Hito 85 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: 85th Climb Tactics
Sign: Connecting the Alps to the Sea
栂海新道登山口
Tsugami Shindou Mountain Trail Entrance
親不知から犬ヶ岳朝日岳を経て槍穂連峰に至る
From Oyashirazu to Mount Inu, passing Mount Asahi, and arriving at the Yariho Mountain Range

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Mori: Everything began at that small sea-level mountain entrance----
Timestamp: 12/13 6:43 AM Air Temperature -1°C
14 Mountain
K2 East-Face Simulation Training
Northern Alps All-Mountain Traversal, Day 1
---Current Location - Niigata Prefecture Oyashirazu
Tsugamishindou Mountain Trail Entrance---
Right Sign: Connecting the Alps to the Sea
Tsugamishindou Mountain Trail Entrance
From Oyashirazu to Mount Inu, passing Mount Asahi, and arriving at the Yariho Mountain Range
[As in, same as the last page]
Left Sign: [Top line in the circles, I can't read]
Tsugamishindou
Mount Inu [top left]
Mount Shirouma [lower left]
Sea of Japan [lower right]
青海・青海観光協会
Oumi - Oumi Sightseeing Associaion
Title: 85th Climb Tactics

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SFX: Gaku
Sign: Tsugamishindou Mountain Trail Entrance
From Oyashirazu to Mount Inu, passing Mount Asahi, and arriving at the Yariho Mountain Range
Mori: K2, elevation 8611m
An extremely low summiting percentage, the world's most difficult mountain.
[So we go from flashback to fantasy somewhere in the middle...]

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Mori: The K2 East Face we aim for is in the innermost section.
With almost no one ever having set foot there, it's a location isolated from human society.
独立峰の為
Because it is a stand-alone peak, the wind of K2 is strong and the slopes are steep.
With it being set that there will always be wind and avalanches, the very act of being there is like a game of Russian roulette.
間断 下部
In order to evade the unrelenting avalanches in the lower section of the East-Face, speed is demanded on difficult rocky areas..........
SFX: GARARAH
[Dead, dead, dead.]

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[NOT DEAD!]

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上部の広大な雪田では
On the huge snow fields of the upper section
超高所での深いラッセルが延々と続き
you endlessly trudge through deep snow at an extremely high elecation.
And after your stamina is exhausted,
what appears is------...

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Mori: You reign over the uppermost section of the K2 East-Face.
Which has even now, has never once been touched by mankind, the giant virgin ice wall--------!!! ["The giant virgin ice wall" is really big]
[Apparently this whole thing is about sex psychologically.]

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[I want some hot-cocoa...]

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Timestamp: 12/31 2:21 PM
Air Temperature -17°C
---Mount Shakujyou, below the vanguard wall---
Mori: The final big wall.
How should I attack it...?

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Komatsu: Oi, Mori, slurping up all the cocoa yerself,
is our coffee ready yet?
Mori: For a location more than 6000 meters in elevation, it's necessary to intake 4~5 liters of liquid in a day.
If it's cocoa with sugar in it, and you also take in calories, I have 2 more cups to drink.
Kase: Hey, Mori, is the food ready yet!?
It's getting really late!!
Mori: Right now with this coco, I'll be okay...
In a little while when I want to eat, I will.
Kunieda: Hey, Mori, are you done checking the gear?
All the group equipment!?

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Mori: When I grab onto this rock, I'll run right up it. It will be a climb with emphasis on speed.
It won't be necessary to take anything but the bare minimum of gear.
Niimi: Mori!!!

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Niimi: Quit dawdling.
Come on, we're heading out.

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Mori: I won't go now.
The best thing to assault is ice. At night when the temperature drops, the ice will get tense.

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SFX: PAH
Mori: I'm alone.
I'll do it as I want to.

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Mori: I don't need a rucksack or a rope,
and I'll finish it in under 4 hours...!!!

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Kokou no Hito
The Climber