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Ok, I am going to use my "made-up" word: bigwall instead of big wall. Kris gives me the go-ahead: https://explorersweb.com/big-wall-climbing-what-is-it-which-wall-is-the-biggest-and-why-is-this-climbing-different/

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getting messages like this from writers of history really makes my day!

"Strumia is fascinating. I can't wait for the Japanese section. Maki is a very interesting figure. Thanks John, Mechanical Advantage is one of my favourite reads!--David Smart"

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Looking for climber-historians from Japan! A few leads out there... I think I would have enough material to do a short article on Yuko Maki, but there is clearly more about this interesting climber that has never been translated in English. My daughter is learning Japanese, so maybe she will help in a few years!

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