What mountain was first climbed in 1976 by a Japanese expedition, Kirat Chuli or Singhi Kangri?
Singhi Kangri Singhi Kangri is a 7202 m peak in the Karakoram range. It is located on the border between China and the Siachen Glacier region (controlled by India, claimed by Pakistan.) The mountain was first climbed in 1976 by a Japanese expedition.
The Man Who Skied Down Everest The Man Who Skied Down Everest is a documentary about Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mt. Everest in 1970. The film was produced by Canadian film maker Budge Crawley. Miura skied 6,600 feet (2000 m) in 2 minutes and 20 seconds and fell 1320 feet down the steep Lhotse face from the Yellow Band just below the South Col. He used a large parachute to slow his descent. He came to a full stop just 250 ft. from the edge of a bergschrund, a large, deep crevasse where the ice shears away from the stagnant ice on the rock face and begins to move downwards as a glacier.