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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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Japanese climber receives Nepalese permit to climb Mt. Everest

Japanese mountaineer Nobukazu Kuriki (2nd from L) shows a Nepalese government permit to climb Mt. Everest in Kathmandu on Aug. 23, 2015. He was the first climber to obtain a permit for the Nepalese side of the mountain since a devastating earthquake hit the Himalayan country last April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese climber says returning to Mt. Everest in 2016

Japanese alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki, who lost nine fingers to frostbites while attempting to climb Mt. Everest in 2012 and yet again attempted twice to climb the mountain in 2015, holds a press conference in Kathmandu on Oct. 16, 2015, to announce that he would return to the mountain in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese climber Kuriki aims to scale Mt. Everest in Sept.

File photo shows Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki, who aims to climb Mt. Everest in September 2015. He became the first person to receive a climbing permit from the Nepalese government since a massive earthquake hit Nepal in April, causing a deadly avalanche. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese alpinist aims to become 1st to climb Everest since quakes

Japanese alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki (2nd from L) receives a climbing permit and Nepali flag from Tourism Minister Kripashur Sherpa in Kathmandu on Aug. 23, 2015. Kuriki will attempt in mid-September to become the first person to climb Mt. Everest since the devastating quakes in Nepal earlier this year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents. (Kyodo)

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents. (Kyodo)

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Japanese mountaineer Kuriki

File photo shows Japanese mountaineer Nobukazu Kuriki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo