Kokou no Hito 161

It's so close... but...

[Kokou no Hito 161 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: 161st Climb Rivalry

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Katou: The clouds covered the sky without me noticing.
I never though the moist updraft would cross over the ridge this early...
There's still 80 meters before the landing...
It won't take much time to descend if I start abseiling right now.
T/N: Abseiling is the controlled descent down a rock face using a rope; climbers use this technique when a cliff or slope is too steep and/or dangerous to descend without protection.

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Katou: To the peak,
there's nearly 500 meters...
Should I go...?
Or shouldn't I...?

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Katou: Don't go...
Sign: Climb the number one mountain in the world.
Katou: Go...
Don't go.
Go.

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[Neat, huh?]

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[Love that shot.]

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[And that one.]

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Katou: I cam make it!
It's impossible!
It'll be okay.
I'm still lucid. I can summit it before the weather deteriorates!!
No! It's no good!
It'll turn into a storm in 10 hours at the least, and if I'm caught in itI'll be stuck in the storm for days. And at this altitude trying to ride it out bivouacking is impossible!!

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Katou: And for the core of the high-difficulty rock-and-ice mixed wall up ahead, it can't be climbed without a rope!
What happens if I get caught up in the storm then?!
I'll just climb it free!!
I know I can do it!! I've assaulted 8000 meter peaks countless times all for this day!
Even in that Northern Alps all-mountain traversal, in the end after all my stamina was used up, I even climbed that Shakujyou mixed wall, didn't I?!!
Don't be stupid!! The mountains you've climbed were all under 8200 meters, weren't they?!
Do you know what'll happen to your body in the oxygen-less climb ahead?! It's totally unexplored territory!!!
It's true that I have the weakness of having a low value of VO2max that's lethal in high locations, [The 2 should be a superscript]
but after living all those years at the Mount Fuji Weather Measurement Station, I should have already conquered that.

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Katou: Just 5 more hours!!
In 5 more hours, everything will be pay off!!!!
All the sacrifices I've paid up till now.
Can I really have no regrets to have come this far and give up without trying?!

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Katou: Then what about you family?!
Do you not care if you never see them again?!
Now's your last chance to be sure you can get down alive.
If you don't survive, you'll never embrace Rokka again!!!

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[Also a great shot, though somewhat homoerotic.]

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[Now what?]

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[Well...]

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That's far enough...

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