Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

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.

Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

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.

Teenager aims to paraglide from 7 summits

Teenager aims to paraglide from 7 summits

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 21, 2013 shows Itaru Asano, a high school student in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, at the paragliding practice area in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture. Asano paraglided from the top of Mont Blanc in September 2013, his first step toward flying from the summits of the highest mountains on each of the world's seven continents.

Nepali female photographer's journey to high mountains

STORY: Nepali female photographer's journey to high mountains DATELINE: June 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Purnima Shrestha climbing the mountains STORYLINE: Purnima Shrestha is a photojournalist by profession, but the 31-year-old Nepali woman is better known now as a mountaineer, as in just four years, she has conquered all the seven mountains above 8,000 meters in Nepal. Lately, Purnima scaled three peaks above 8,000 meters, first Mt. Kanchanjunga, the world's third highest on May 5, and then Mt. Lhotse, the fourth tallest on May 16, and next Mt. Makalu, the fifth highest on May 27. With these ascents, she has achieved the feat of climbing all the seven eight-thousanders in her country. She had already scaled Mt. Manaslu, Mt. Qomolangma, Mt. Annapurna and Mt. Dhaulagiri. Purnima is proud of her success as she never thought that the journey to high mountains would be so fast and exciting. The success in her climbing career has strengthened her

Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

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)

Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

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)