Life is Climbing

synopsis

“Right hand, 1 o’clock, bit far. Right, right, right ... there!” Listening to the voice of sight guide Naoya, Koba, who is completely without sight, moves carefully up the wall 15 meters off the ground. Koba and Naoya have won the IFSC Paraclimbing World Championship four times in total blind classIn 2021, the pair were in Colorado to climb but also to reunite with old friends. One of them is Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind adventurer to reach the summit of Everest. When Koba met Erik 20 years ago, he was in a deep depression knowing he was losing his eyesite and would soon be completely blind. Erik was a huge inspiration for Koba to keep pursuing his climbing dreams and eventually convincing him to start his NPO Monkey Magic to promote Paraclimbing. To end their trip, Koba and Naoya head to Moab, Utah where they plan to have Koba stand on top of the famous “Fisher Towers” a dream climbing spot for Koba.