Tsuneo Hasegawa (長谷川 恒男, Hasegawa Tsuneo, December 8, 1947 – c. October 10, 1991) was a Japanese alpinist. His achievements include the winter solo ascent of the "Great North Faces of the Alps" or "North Face Trilogy" (Matterhorn in 1977, second winter solo ascent ever; Eiger in 1978, first winter solo ascent ever; Grandes Jorasses in 1979, also first winter solo ascent ever) and the world's first winter solo ascent of the South Face of Aconcagua in 1981.[1][2] He died in 1991 in an avalanche while ascending the Ultar II South east face.[3]

Notable achievements

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  • 1977 World second winter solo ascent to Matterhorn North face[4]
  • 1978 World first winter solo ascent to Eiger North face[5]
  • 1979 Winter solo ascent to Grandes Jorasses North face[6]
  • 1980 Winter solo ascent to Aconcagua North face Normal Route[7]
  • 1981 World first winter solo ascent to Aconcagua South face France Route[8]

Bibliography

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  • "北壁に舞う:生きぬくことが冒険だ"(1979) Shueisha Publishing(集英社) ISBN 4-08-749015-7
  • "岩壁よおはよう"(1981) Chuo Koron Publishing (中央公論社) ISBN 4-12-201139-6
  • "北壁からのメッセージ"(1984) Minshusha Publishing(民衆社) ISBN 4-12-203192-3
  • "我が青春の挑戦"(1984) Seikyo Shimbun Publishing(聖教新聞社) co-authored with Ken'ichi Horie
  • "山に向かいて"(1987) Benesse Corporation Publishing (ベネッセコーポレーション福武書店) ISBN 4-8288-3184-3
  • "生きぬくことは冒険だよ"(1992) Shueisha Publishing(集英社) ISBN 4-08-748759-8 edited by Masami Hasegawa and Toyoji Oda

Further reading

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  • Fujiki, Takane (1974)"ああ南壁:第二次RCCエベレスト登攀記" Asahi Shimbun publishing. ISBN 4-12-202878-7
  • Sase, Minoru (1994)"長谷川恒男虚空の登攀者" Yama To Keikoku Publishing(山と溪谷社). ISBN 4-12-203137-0

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Sase, Minoru (1994) "長谷川恒男虚空の登攀者" Yama To Keikoku Publishing (山と溪谷社). ISBN 4-12-203137-0
  3. ^ Sase, Minoru (1994) "長谷川恒男虚空の登攀者" Yama To Keikoku Publishing (山と溪谷社). ISBN 4-12-203137-0
  4. ^ Sase, Minoru (1994) "長谷川恒男虚空の登攀者" Yama To Keikoku Publishing (山と溪谷社). ISBN 4-12-203137-0
  5. ^ Sase, Minoru (1994) "長谷川恒男虚空の登攀者" Yama To Keikoku Publishing (山と溪谷社). ISBN 4-12-203137-0
  6. ^ Sase, Minoru (1994) "長谷川恒男虚空の登攀者" Yama To Keikoku Publishing (山と溪谷社). ISBN 4-12-203137-0
  7. ^ Sase, Minoru (1994) "長谷川恒男虚空の登攀者" Yama To Keikoku Publishing (山と溪谷社). ISBN 4-12-203137-0
  8. ^ Sase, Minoru (1994) "長谷川恒男虚空の登攀者" Yama To Keikoku Publishing (山と溪谷社). ISBN 4-12-203137-0
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