09 Sep Yuji Hirayama, the tiger’s paw

Yuji Hirayama, legend of free climbing and international competitions, doesn’t lose his crystal class and 45 years old wants again to compete whit increasing difficult challenges. In Pembroke, Wales, he climbed The Big Issue (E9 6c/5.13+R), a long worked route in top rope.
 
"Clean ascent" reports on his facebook page. "Placing all the gear on lead."
 
Winner of two World Cup and two Rock Master, in addition to several international masters, in 2003 climbed a 9a+ route, Flat Mountain, Japan, end in 2004 the first 8c on-sight of the history, White Zombie in Baltzola, Spain. But it’s on the big wall that Juji did something incredible in this years, in particular in Yosemite, where whit Hans Florine climbed the Nose in 2 hourse, 37 minutes and 5 seconds (2008) or whit his crazy onsight attempt on Salathè, perhaps one of the most incredible adventure on the rock that have ever been made, interrupted only by three falls.
 
Yuji started to climb using trad techniques given by Japanese School. Many experiences in this style and a mastery of the high difficulty that has few equals. His incredible life is told in the book Yuji The Climber (Ed. Versante Sud).
 
source rock&ice