The North Face Summit L5 Ultralight Storm Jacket & Summit L1 Climb Trousers
John McKenna tries this combination of a light shell jacket and softshell trousers on the rainy Scottish hills and crags.
Yuji Hirayama
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Saitama-ken, Japan
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Yuji Hirayama, born on February 23, 1969 is a Japanese rock climber who has excelled in most forms of the sport since the mid-1980s. He has won World Cups, climbed up to 9a+, set speed records on El Capitan, onsighted F8c, bouldered 8B+ and opened hard multi-pitch climbs. There aren't enough superlatives to describe this legend.
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