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Naomi Uemura

Japan

The first Japanese solo explorer to reach the North Pole alone (1978) and the first person to climb Denali solo in winter (1984); vanished during the descent.

Naomi Uemura (12 February 1941 – disappeared 13 February 1984, Tajima, Hyogo, Japan) was a Japanese explorer and mountaineer renowned for a series of landmark solo expeditions in extreme environments. In 1970 he summited Everest as part of the Japanese national expedition; in 1978 he became the first person to reach the North Pole solo, by dog sled, completing a 57-day journey. On 12 February 1984 he became the first person to solo winter-ascend Denali (6,190 m), but disappeared in a storm during the descent and his body was never found.

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