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74-Year-Old Japanese Mountaineer Promotes Eco Practice to Protect Hometown Mountains: “Take Everything Home with You”

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By Ryota Maruhashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

17:06 JST, March 23, 2025

NAGANO — Yoshitomi Okura, a 74-year-old mountaineer from Iida, Nagano Prefecture, advocates “eco mountaineering,” a way of climbing mountains without placing a burden on nature. He has put it into practice in the mountains of the Southern Japanese Alps, where magnificent nature still remains.

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