Kokou no Hito 130

I am a climber.
Looks like after all... I can't stop.

[Kokou no Hito 130 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: 130th Climb Impulse that Can be Silent

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Hana: There was a call from Hamasaka yesterday.
Katou: Eh?
Your mom and the others want to meet Rokka.
they said to come over in the summer, but... what do you think?

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Takemura: If you're going to come with me,
then we're set to leave Japan in mid-June,
so please make sure you keep all of August open.

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Katou: Yeah, sounds fine.
Let's go down to the Hamasaka beach this summer.
I listened really closely to what you said, Hana-chan.
You me to take you to the Utsuno Shrine.

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Hana: Th... Then I'll call your mom right back!!
Aren't you glad, Rokka-chan? You get to see your grandma again--------
Katou: The axe you lent me,
I'm returning it.

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Katou: Like I'd thought,
I'm not going to K2.
I thought of 2 or 3 ways to improve the axe.
So I thought at least I'd give you consultation for when you go to K2...
Titanium, huh...?
It sure is light...

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Katou: Titanium's specific weight is 60% that of iron.
For the importance in stamina of the K2 East-Face, there's no raw material this effective...
Though a titanium alloy mixed with something like aluminum or vanadium,
would have a strength twice that of iron.
That's used for parts in things like jet engines and space rockets.
They say it's hard to manufacture because of it's strength.
Another 2 degrees----
No, at least another 1.5 degrees----...

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Katou: If the shaft were bent just another 1.5 degrees
you could more reliable grab the ice and harder to get out, making a stabler climb possible.
And this grip end...
It's good for keeping the axe from falling out of your hand on walls, but...

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Katou: So it doesn't become a burden while trudging through snow,
it should be shrunk one centimeter. Lessen the resistance of the snow even a little would be better.
Takemura: Senpai.
What do you think about the crampon equipment?

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Takemura: Senpai, let's make the crampons better yet,
and make them titanium!!

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Katou: That's good. On top of being light, titanium has a lot head conductivity so
they won't easily get stuck in clumps of snow...!!!
Oh yeah, Takemura, I thought of coating the axe's belt, but
if we coat the crampon belts, too,
they won't stick in the snow so much, will they!?
Takemura: I see, that sounds good, senpai!!!
Then if we get it from the European maker which is the technical cooperation that our shop connects with,
we can order away prototype high-elevation climbing shoes with the newest carbon *shank, equipped with a Gore-Tex and thin wool liner.
Asterisk: *Shank = A material that gives shows a hard sole.
Takemura: On top of having excellent heat retention and waterproof strength,
each foot will be lighter by 300 grams!!!

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Katou: This is great, it's so light!!!
I keep getting more and more distance!!!
I'll make it a whole hour earlier than planned...!!!
Takemura: Senpai, I'll switch off, here.
Let's forget about bivouacking,
and just pack in until the big wall!!!
I... I can see it...

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Takemura: That is the final big ice wall
that continues up to the peak-----!!!!

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Someone: We're changing to the lunch menus.

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[Yeah, he can tell.]

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[Take it.]

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Adachi: Katou-kun.

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Adachi: Could we talk a minute?
Katou: Ah... Okay.
Adachi: So you requested Pakistan's Baltoro Glacier, huh?
Serizawa-kun went on another investigation, so there's no one else I can ask.
But scheduling it for a whole month, starting at the end of May...
You really are impossible...

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Kokou no Hito
The Climber