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Ranking in 7summits list, either CP or K | : | 65 |
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Ranking in Carstensz Pyramid list | : | 0 |
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Ranking in Kosciuszko list | : | 41 |
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First name | : | Ken |
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Family name | : | Noguchi |
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Gender | : | male |
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Country of origin | : | Japan |
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Date of Birth | : | 1973-08-21 |
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Name of first summit | : | Kilimanjaro |
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Date of climbing the first summit | : | 1989-12-01 |
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Name of final summit in Carstensz list | : | xxx |
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Date of final summit in Carstensz list | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Name of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | Everest |
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Date of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | 1999-05-13 |
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Date of climbing Kilimanjaro | : | 1989-12-01 |
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Date of climbing Elbrus | : | 1996-01-01 |
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Date of climbing Aconcagua | : | 1992-12-01 |
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Date of climbing Denali | : | 1993-06-01 |
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Date of climbing Vinson | : | 1994-12-01 |
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Date of climbing Everest | : | 1999-05-13 |
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Date of climbing Carstensz Pyramid | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Date of climbing Kosciuszko | : | 1992-09-01 |
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Climbed Carstensz Pyramid? | : | No |
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Climbed Kosciuszko? | : | Yes |
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Total time including Carstensz Pyramid | : | xxx |
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Total time including Kosciuszko | : | 09y,163d |
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Age when finished with CP | : | xxx |
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Age when finished with K | : | 25y,265d |
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Website | : | http://www.mainichi.co.jp/entertainments/sports/noguchi/clean-2001/english/index.html (about the cleanup expedition) & http://www.noguchi-ken.net (personal website, only in Japanese) |
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Additional Info | : | Ken Noguchi has started SSASS:
Seven Summits Actions for a Sustainable Society
"'Seven Summits' represents the highest peaks of the world's seven continents which Ken Noguchi has scaled, and symbolizes the whole earth. We seek a sustainable future through conservation of the global environment and substantial development of human society. By carrying out various activities for the environment and people under the leadership of Ken Noguchi, we aim to indicate ways forward for the next generation."
At the time he was the youngest person ever to scale the highest peaks on the world's seven continents (Kosciuszko version).
Ken Noguchi was born in Boston, USA, on August 21, 1973. Accompanying his father, a diplomat, he spent much of his childhood in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries. His junior high and high school life was spent at a boarding school in Britain called Rikkyo Gakuin, though he couldn't discover himself under the strict, study-oriented school policy and gradually stopped studying, eventually falling behind his classmates.
When he was 15 years old, he had a quarrel with a senior student over a trifling matter, and was suspended from school and sent back to stay on his best behavior at his parents' home in Japan. When he still couldn't find how to control his emotions, his father suggested that he should travel to "cool off".
While traveling, he encountered a book at the station bookstore called, "Seishun o Yama ni Kakete (Venture your Youth in the Mountains)" by Naomi Uemura, a well-known Japanese adventurer. At that time, Noguchi did not know even who Uemura was, though he had much in common with Mr. Uemura's youth, such as when Uemura was mocked for being a 'country boy,' and Noguchi was also naturally attracted to mountains. From that day on, he started to devour books related to Mr. Uemura and joined a mountaineering group called "Mumei Sanjuku (Nameless Mountaineering Club)".
Starting by successfully climbing Mont Blanc the following year, Noguchi began his attempt to scale the highest mountains around the world. Under his resolution to climb the highest peaks of the seven continents, in 1992 Noguchi was accepted at Asia University through a special skills recommendation. He became the youngest person to climb the highest peaks of five continents in the world in June 1993 by scaling Mt. McKinley, and the youngest climber of the tallest summits of six continents in December 1994 by reaching the top of Vinson Massif. In May 1999, the tenth year since he started mountaineering, he finally succeeded in scaling Mt. Everest on his third attempt to achieve the record of the youngest person to climb to the highest points of the seven continents of the world as he had resolved.
As his next challenge, he organized a Quomolangma Cleanup Expedition in the spring of 2000, collecting 1.5 tons of garbage from Mt. Everest, and exhibited some of the trash at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in the fall of that year. Noguchi is currently organizing an international mission with Asian climbers for a larger project to retrieve more garbage from Mt. Everest in March this year.
- Graduated from Asia University in March 2000. Currently studying Environmental Education at the Graduate school of Aomori University.
- Awarded Tokyo Citizens' Honorary Award for Culture in 1999.
- Book: Ochikoborete Everest (Everest after Dropping Out) (Published by Shueisha International).
- Currently appearing in a TV commercial for Nescafe Gold Blend.
An article containing small movie about Ken can be found here: http://europe.cnn.com/ASIANOW/travel/9909/20/japanese.climber/ |
