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\nLast May, Japanese climbers Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka \u201cJumbo\u201d Yokoyama have completed one of the great unclimbed walls in North America: the south face of Mt. Logan, Canada\u2019s highest peak and the second of North America. Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama climbed in alpine-style and completed the ascent to the east ridge in 3 days, then reached the following day the east summit.
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\nThe well known American alpinist Jack Tackle considered this line on Logan to be his \u201clast great project\u201d and helped the Japanese climbers with photos and advice, so they named the route I-TO, which means thread, line, relationship.
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\nKatsutaka (31) and Okada are members of the so-called Giri-Giri Boys: in 2005 Katsutaka with Fumitaka Ichimura completed the second repeat of Denal Diamond and in 2008 the link-up of the Isis face, Ramp Route and Slovak Direct on Denali . He receveid in 2009 the Piolets d\u2019or nomination. Okada has done many significant ascents in Himalaya, including Meru Shark’s Fin in India and a new route on Tengkangpoche in Nepal.
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\nRead more about Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama\u00a0ascent on climbing.com
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