Kansai University, 85, 87
Kanzaki, Tadao, 329, 336, 338, 341, 342
Kashimayari, 47
Kathmandu, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 120, 122, 142, 144, 146
Kato, Yasuo, 193
Kawagoe, 125, 129, 135, 165, 208, 227, 331, 353
Kawamori, Sachiko, 75
Khan Tengri, 17, 228, 286
Khumbu Glacier, 154, 323
Khumbu Icefall, 149, 158, 159, 160, 172, 202, 234
Kimura, Fumie, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223
King Birendra, 143, 206
Kitamura, Setsuko, 9, 11, 26, 27, 28, 130, 137, 152, 154, 162, 165, 171, 205, 211, 216, 305, 308, 311, 312, 318, 323, 325, 349, 359
Kogan, Claude, 75
Kohli, Captain, 69, 125
Kongur Tiube, 210
Kosugidani, 59
koto, 44, 49, 52, 67, 130, 381
Kouriyama Women’s Chorus, 336, 337
Kumotori-yama, 44
Kuramatsu, Yuko, 219, 220
Kuroda, Hatsuko, 12, 75
Ladies Climbing Club, 14, 74, 75, 76, 120, 125, 126, 128, 134, 155, 165, 367
Lhakpa Tenzing, 30, 143, 147, 161, 191, 202, 301
Lhotse, 160
Lukla, 146, 147, 205
Majima, Hanako, 240, 282, 305, 308
Manaslu Himal, 88
Manita, Michiko, 23, 24, 25, 29, 74, 84, 92, 93, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 130, 144, 154, 161, 162, 163, 166, 167, 202
Matsuura, Teruo, 193
Matsuyama, 338
Matterhorn, 64, 65, 71, 91, 210, 367, 369
Messner, Reinhold, 16, 324, 370
middle school and high school, 43
Mihara, Yoko, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 130, 146, 166, 167, 202, 205
Miharu, 35, 36, 43, 45, 52, 58, 60, 61, 82, 133, 169
Mingma Norbu, 88
Mitake-yama, 43, 44
Miura, Yuichiro, 86, 160
Miyahara, Takashi, 142, 149
Miyanoura-dake, 59
MJ-Link, 337, 346, 361
Modi Khola, 90, 93, 97, 101
Mount Aragats, 2007, 338, 374
Mount Assiniboine, 305, 372
Mount Everest Women’s Summit, 1995, 211
Mount Fuji, 12, 47, 74, 98, 148, 207, 215, 329, 335, 343, 344
Mount Fuji for the High-School Students of Tohoku Earthquake, 330, 338, 343
Mount Fuji Gogome, 341
Mount Kerinci, 2016, 238, 377
Mount Tomur, 1986, 220
avalanche, 223
Battleship Rock, 219
music, 38, 44, 49
Naganuma, Masako, 34, 130, 146, 154, 162, 165
Naka, Sachiko, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 34, 130, 155, 165, 166, 167
Nakaseko, Naoko, 73, 74
Namche Bazaar, 148, 194
Nara, 130, 135, 207
Nasu-dake, 38, 39, 40, 43, 367
Nasu, Fumie, 23, 24, 25, 29, 40, 130, 146, 152, 154, 157, 158, 160, 163, 166, 167, 202
Nicchu, 327, 330
Niigata, 63, 132
Nikko National Park, 38
Nippon Television, 137, 150, 207
Numajiri Lodge, 331, 356
Nuptse, 21, 152, 165, 186, 194
Okinawa Islands, 86
Okutama, 137
O-no, Dr. Kyoko, 74, 78, 79, 84, 90, 92, 99, 100, 101, 105, 107, 108
Pan Duo, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213
Pasang Nima, 88, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117
Pheriche, 152, 155
Phurba Kitar, 88, 104, 108, 118, 147
Phurba Tenzing, 185
Physical Society of Japan, 46, 129
Pobeda Peak, 1991, 234
Battleship Rock, 232
spiritual experience, 232, 234
Pokhara, 88, 89, 90, 91, 95, 101
Project Cheer Up Tohoku, 327, 330
Let’s Go to Tohoku Mountains, 327
Pumori, 153, 165
Reenjee, 185, 196
Rutkiewicz, Wanda, 210, 274
Ryoho Climbing Club, 14, 48, 49, 54, 57, 71, 72, 76, 126
Sakaguchi, Dr. Masako, 30, 34, 130, 171, 202
Sakura-gawa, 36, 37
Sasou, Rumie, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 71, 72, 73
Sato, Muneyuki, 336, 338
Sato, Reiko, 74, 80, 81, 92, 104, 108, 109, 110, 111, 118, 119
Sato, Teru, 75
Second World War, 36
Sekita, Michiko, 71, 73, 76, 78, 79
Sennokura, 77, 78
Seven Summits, 323
Shiinamachi, 59, 60, 64
Shiono-yama, 329
Shioura, Reiko, 27, 31, 33, 130, 163, 166, 167, 201, 203
Showa Women’s University, 42
Snow View Hotel, 90
South Annapurna Glacier, 96
Tabei, Masanobu (husband), 9, 54–58, 60, 62, 64–67, 77, 80, 82, 120, 131, 132, 133, 140, 207, 208, 331, 334, 338, 346, 347
Tabei, Noriko (daughter), 15, 22, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 139, 140, 142, 148, 207, 240, 346, 349, 367
Tabei, Shinya (son), 213, 222, 331, 337, 346
Takizawa, Dr., 331, 332
Taneya, Yumi, 27, 31, 130, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145, 157, 166, 167, 201, 203
Tanigawa-dake, 14, 44, 47, 49, 53, 54, 57, 60, 61, 71, 72, 77, 351, 367
Tanzawa-yama, 44
Tengboche, 149, 150, 151, 152
Tenzing Girmi, 88, 93, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117
Tenzing Norgay, 195
The Yomiuri Shimbun, 27, 137, 207, 387
Tokyo Prefectural Mountaineering Association, 75
Tschingel the dog, 308
Tsuitate-iwa, 49
Uemura, Naomi, 121, 193
University of Indonesia Mountaineering Club, 316, 318
University of Tokyo, 46
university years, 45
Urushibara, Chieko, 74, 80, 83, 99, 100, 103, 108, 109, 110
Wakayama, Yoshika, 71, 72, 73, 74
Watanabe, Shuntaro, 38, 39, 40
Watanabe, Yuriko, 21, 24, 29, 30, 130, 152, 154, 160, 163, 165, 166, 167, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 201, 202, 203, 207
Western Cwm Glacier, 160, 165
Women of No Fear, 335–337, 373
Yadav, Santosh, 213
Yajima, Nobue, 74, 78, 79
Yakushima, 59
Yamanashi Mountaineering Association, 329
Yamazaki, Morie, 60, 61, 73, 74, 81, 83, 85, 87, 101, 102, 106, 107, 120, 126
Yamazato, Hisao, 85
Yasuhara, Mayuri, 219–223
Yatsugatake, 44, 53
Yoko-o, Koichi, 48–52, 62, 64, 65
Yoshida, Minako, 332, 333, 336, 349
Yoshinaga, Michiko, 337
Yumoto hot springs, 39
Yunosawa, 49, 57
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