Kokou no Hito 168

Death is before my eyes...
And I can no longer see.

[Kokou no Hito 168 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Narration: August 1973. Japan's 2nd RCC team's expedition to Everest officially named the "Japan Everest Southwest-Face Climbing Team"
was formed with an Aichi Acadamy assistant professor Yuasa Michio as the climbing captain and Morita Masaru and Hasekawa Tsuneo and others as members.
Title: 168th Climb Instinct
They left base camp, passed through an icefall, made their first camp C1, and constructed a temporary camp "Temporary C2" at Western Cwm, 6500 meters up.
Later, they took the triple-crown achievement of Everest in Sprint, Fall, and Winter. But in his younger days, Katou Yasuo saw a wondrous spectacle.

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[This really has nothing to do with the task at hand, but a point is being made.]

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Between Lines: Bibliography: "Yukikemuri wo Mezashite" Katou Yasuo
Yasuo: You're kidding me...
Birds flying at the upper levels of Everest...?

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[He's still at it.]

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[Honestly, I felt there wasn't ENOUGH naked children in this manga.]

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Timestamp: July 23rd
3:17 PM
K2 East-Face
Terrace Part-Way up the Hanging Glacier
Air Temperature -26 °C

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[The manga needs more crow imagery, too.]

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Narration: Demoiselle Crane

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Narration: WIth a wingspan of less than 1 meter, this smallest species of cranes in the world
are known to cross over the 8000 meter Himalayan Mountains, crossing from the Mongolia/China side to India, in order to breed.

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Narration: With the low oxygen and -40 °C temperatures, it is almost impossible for any creatures to exist.
But while going against the strong Himalayan winds,
the cranes risk their lives to try to grab an updraft.

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[Sometimes it doesn't go so well.]

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The number that cannot completely catch an updraft and are stirred by the strong winds and thrown thousands of meters back,
as well as ones that get caught in the updrafts and downdrafts and get pounded against the ground are not few.

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[Isn' he cute, folks?]


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Narration: The birds have no consciousness----

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[That's a good shot.]

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[That's a better one.]

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Narration: They are simply follow their instincts
and aim upwards.

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[I couldn't tell you what this symbolizes.]

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[It's like, nature. So it's natural for Buntarou to instinctually climb.]

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[Even when there's nothing inside.]

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[And everything goes black.]

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Timestamp: July 23rd
4:50 PM
K2 East-Face
Mid-way up the Hanging Glacier
8389m Site
Air Temperature -28°C

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[More symbolism. But this time actual symbolism.]

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[This time, of something actually there.]

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Hana: Stopped on the wall, it died.

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