Maki YÅ«kÅ
Yuko Maki (Jap.槇 有恒, also Maki Aritsune; born February 5, 1894 in Sendai, † May 2, 1989 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese climber.
Career
Because of his growing interest he was in 1914 a member of the Japanese Alpine Club. After completing his studies in Tokyo at Keio University, he continued his studies at Columbia University as well as in England.
In addition to numerous mountain hikes in Switzerland for the period 1919-1921 he succeeded on 10 September 1921 and its mountain guides Fritz Amatter, Samuel Brawand and Fritz Steuri the first ascent of the Eiger Mittellegigrates on. He donated a large sum of money, with the construction of the Mittellegi was funded.
In 1922 he succeeded the first winter ascent of Yarigatake in Japan. 1925 reach him and five other Japanese mountaineers and three Swiss mountain guides made the first ascent of Mount Alberta in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
In 1926 he was back in the Alps on the go - get him the ascent of the Matterhorn via the Zmuttgrat and again the Mittellegigrat.
In 1956, he led the expedition, which succeeded in the first ascent of Manaslu on May 9, 1956.
Sources and links
- Mountaineers (Japan)
- Japanese
- Born 1894
- Died in 1989
- Man
- Person with special cultural merits