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202389 minPGdocumentary

Life is Climbing

202389 minPGdocumentary

Visually impaired climber Koichiro Kobayashi, guided by Naoya Suzuki, aims to summit the Fisher Towers in Utah in 2021.

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Sokichi Nakahara

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Visually impaired climber Koichiro Kobayashi, guided by Naoya Suzuki, aims to summit the Fisher Towers in Utah in 2021.

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Sokichi Nakaharadirector

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Visually impaired climber Koichiro Kobayashi, also known as Koba, relies on the voice of his site guide, Naoya Suzuki, as if it were his own eyes. In 2021, the pair travels to the United States with the aim of standing on the spire of the bright red sandstone Fisher Towers in Utah

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