{"id":33870,"date":"2017-09-11T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T03:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/?p=33870"},"modified":"2017-09-11T12:32:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T03:32:51","slug":"waseda-students-and-alumnus-to-climb-unexplored-lajo-dada-of-himalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/attention-en\/2017\/09\/11\/33870\/","title":{"rendered":"Waseda students and alumnus to climb unexplored Lajo Dada of Himalaya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norifumi Fukuda (captain of the Waseda Alpine Club) and Yudai Suzuki of Waseda Alpine Club, as well as alumnus Kojuro Hagihara who graduated from Waseda University two years ago have formed a three member expedition team to be the first to climb the unexplored mountain Lajo Dada (6,426 m elevation) located in the Himalayan range. The team plans to climb Lajo Dada on September 20 and the whole expedition is estimated to last approximately for a month.<\/p>\n

Waseda Weekly, an online magazine for Waseda Students, decided to do a short interview with them before they leave for Lajo Dada\u00a0later this month.<\/p>\n

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Members of the expedition team – (from left) Fukuda, Hagihara and Suzuki<\/div>\n

Hagihara\uff1a<\/strong>
\n\"\"“I have received a lot of support from the alumni association of Waseda Alpine Club, Waseda University itself as well as organisations sponsoring and supporting my activities. Before leaving for Lajo Dada, we have to make preparation and undergo training to get ourselves mentally and physically ready. I am looking forward to reaching the summit but most importantly, I want to achieve something and create a story for myself, just like how the the former Waseda Apline Club members before me have done.”<\/p>\n

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