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22121 1st August 2025 14:12:25 UTC Mono ascent Nils Favre's ascent of Mushi ascent_dt_start
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22122 1st August 2025 14:12:25 UTC Mono ascent Nils Favre's ascent of Mushi ascent_type_id
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22123 1st August 2025 14:12:25 UTC Mono ascent Nils Favre's ascent of Mushi notes_pretty
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<h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrLUCqRgrG2/">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrLUCqRgrG2/</a></p>
22124 1st August 2025 14:12:25 UTC Mono ascent Nils Favre's ascent of Mushi notes
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### References [1] [https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrLUCqRgrG2/](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrLUCqRgrG2/)
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22125 1st August 2025 14:12:25 UTC Mono ascent Nils Favre's ascent of Mushi ascent_style_id
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22128 1st August 2025 14:11:31 UTC Mono ascent Toshimichi Kusano's ascent of Mushi Ascent #
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22131 1st August 2025 14:11:31 UTC Mono ascent Toshimichi Kusano's ascent of Mushi ascent_type_id
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22132 1st August 2025 14:11:31 UTC Mono ascent Toshimichi Kusano's ascent of Mushi notes_pretty
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<blockquote> <p>After 'Kani', I already knew what I wanted to try next. The line started on Ninja Gaeshi, then reached out toward a seductive lip hold that seemed to beckon climbers closer — this would become Mushi (“Bug”). It was a legendary line, said to have been spotted and attempted by the British superstar Jerry Moffatt when he visited Japan in 1984. And yet no one had seriously tried it since.</p> <p>It wasn’t hard to see why. The first left-hand vertical hold is slick and tiny — enough to make most people give up right there. Still, I kept going. After that hold, I’d try lunging across from a left-hand crimp in a kind of cross move. No good. It didn’t feel possible.</p> <p>But I couldn’t stop thinking that maybe one day it would be. I started visiting Mitake more often. And really, at that point, that stunning and mysterious line felt like it belonged to me alone. There was no reason not to try.</p> <p>Then winter — the season when holds stay dry — came to an end. As always, spring brought a mix of urgency and doubt. Around then, I went to Mitake with Takahashi, a tall friend. We were trying to work the upper section, and he pushed me from below so I could stick to the wall. There was this tiny dimple I’d always noticed from the ground — I finally touched it. “This could work.”</p> <p>He pushed me up again, and this time I grabbed that dimple with my right hand and started the sequence. I launched my left hand for the lip — and stuck it. “It goes!”</p> <p>I can’t even remember if I went back for one more session or not, but now that I’d found the move, I was so excited to try again.</p> <p>It was a crisp, sunny day in May 1996. I felt good. I began my usual quiet warm-up. Every move on Mushi was big, but it wasn’t cold, so my body moved well. I matched my right hand to that little dimple. I still had strength. I popped to the lip. My hand stuck. From here, it was unknown territory. But the holds were clear, my body moved naturally — and I climbed it. I stood on top of the boulder.</p> <p>In Japanese, when someone is obsessed with something, we call them a bug for it — like a “climbing bug.” I wanted climbers to become bugs for climbing, and of course, to move across the rock like insects, freely and playfully. That’s why I named the line Mushi.</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Mitake Bouldering Guide</p>
22133 1st August 2025 14:11:31 UTC Mono ascent Toshimichi Kusano's ascent of Mushi notes
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>After 'Kani', I already knew what I wanted to try next. The line started on Ninja Gaeshi, then reached out toward a seductive lip hold that seemed to beckon climbers closer — this would become Mushi (“Bug”). It was a legendary line, said to have been spotted and attempted by the British superstar Jerry Moffatt when he visited Japan in 1984. And yet no one had seriously tried it since. >It wasn’t hard to see why. The first left-hand vertical hold is slick and tiny — enough to make most people give up right there. Still, I kept going. After that hold, I’d try lunging across from a left-hand crimp in a kind of cross move. No good. It didn’t feel possible. >But I couldn’t stop thinking that maybe one day it would be. I started visiting Mitake more often. And really, at that point, that stunning and mysterious line felt like it belonged to me alone. There was no reason not to try. >Then winter — the season when holds stay dry — came to an end. As always, spring brought a mix of urgency and doubt. Around then, I went to Mitake with Takahashi, a tall friend. We were trying to work the upper section, and he pushed me from below so I could stick to the wall. There was this tiny dimple I’d always noticed from the ground — I finally touched it. “This could work.” >He pushed me up again, and this time I grabbed that dimple with my right hand and started the sequence. I launched my left hand for the lip — and stuck it. “It goes!” >I can’t even remember if I went back for one more session or not, but now that I’d found the move, I was so excited to try again. >It was a crisp, sunny day in May 1996. I felt good. I began my usual quiet warm-up. Every move on Mushi was big, but it wasn’t cold, so my body moved well. I matched my right hand to that little dimple. I still had strength. I popped to the lip. My hand stuck. From here, it was unknown territory. But the holds were clear, my body moved naturally — and I climbed it. I stood on top of the boulder. >In Japanese, when someone is obsessed with something, we call them a bug for it — like a “climbing bug.” I wanted climbers to become bugs for climbing, and of course, to move across the rock like insects, freely and playfully. That’s why I named the line Mushi. ### References [1] Mitake Bouldering Guide
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+>After 'Kani', I already knew what I wanted to try next. The line started on Ninja Gaeshi, then reached out toward a seductive lip hold that seemed to beckon climbers closer — this would become Mushi (“Bug”). It was a legendary line, said to have been spotted and attempted by the British superstar Jerry Moffatt when he visited Japan in 1984. And yet no one had seriously tried it since.
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+>It wasn’t hard to see why. The first left-hand vertical hold is slick and tiny — enough to make most people give up right there. Still, I kept going. After that hold, I’d try lunging across from a left-hand crimp in a kind of cross move. No good. It didn’t feel possible.
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+>But I couldn’t stop thinking that maybe one day it would be. I started visiting Mitake more often. And really, at that point, that stunning and mysterious line felt like it belonged to me alone. There was no reason not to try.
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+>Then winter — the season when holds stay dry — came to an end. As always, spring brought a mix of urgency and doubt. Around then, I went to Mitake with Takahashi, a tall friend. We were trying to work the upper section, and he pushed me from below so I could stick to the wall. There was this tiny dimple I’d always noticed from the ground — I finally touched it. “This could work.”
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+>He pushed me up again, and this time I grabbed that dimple with my right hand and started the sequence. I launched my left hand for the lip — and stuck it. “It goes!”
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+>I can’t even remember if I went back for one more session or not, but now that I’d found the move, I was so excited to try again.
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+>It was a crisp, sunny day in May 1996. I felt good. I began my usual quiet warm-up. Every move on Mushi was big, but it wasn’t cold, so my body moved well. I matched my right hand to that little dimple. I still had strength. I popped to the lip. My hand stuck. From here, it was unknown territory. But the holds were clear, my body moved naturally — and I climbed it. I stood on top of the boulder.
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+>In Japanese, when someone is obsessed with something, we call them a bug for it — like a “climbing bug.” I wanted climbers to become bugs for climbing, and of course, to move across the rock like insects, freely and playfully. That’s why I named the line Mushi.
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+[1] Mitake Bouldering Guide
22134 1st August 2025 14:11:31 UTC Mono ascent Toshimichi Kusano's ascent of Mushi ascent_style_id
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22136 1st August 2025 14:11:31 UTC Mono ascent Toshimichi Kusano's ascent of Mushi climber_id
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22137 1st August 2025 14:10:17 UTC Mono climb Mushi climb_type
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22138 1st August 2025 14:10:17 UTC Mono climb Mushi grade_id
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22139 1st August 2025 14:10:17 UTC Mono climb Mushi climb_name
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22140 1st August 2025 14:07:03 UTC Mono climber Toshimichi Kusano notes_pretty
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<blockquote> <p>The current style emerged during the global bouldering boom of the 1990s. In Japan, a turning point was Toshimichi Kusano’s 1995 article “Stone People” in 'Iwa to Yuki' (Rock and Snow) magazine issue #169. The problems introduced there were revolutionary in both style and grade, marking a new era in Japanese bouldering. Kusano also introduced the “dan” grading system that became the national standard.</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Tokio Muroi, Mizugaki Bouldering Guide 2024</p>

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