The 41-year-old intends to ascend the 8,611-meter peak on the border between Pakistan and China, the highest mountain in the ... scaling 7,788-meter Mount Rakaposhi in Pakistan in 2019.

Mountain photographer Takuya Mitoro, who has climbed with both Hiraide and Nakajima, describes ascending an unclimbed route on an 8,000-meter peak as ... Mount Rakaposhi at 7,788 meters in ...