Yuji Hirayama

On November 25, 1999, Hirayama onsighted Mortal Kombat (Castillon, FRA), which gained some historical relevance because it was initially believed to be the world's first onsight of an {{Climbing grade|8c}}; however, a few days later, Hirayama himself downgraded it to 8b+,{{cite web|url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/yuji-hirayama-first-to-onsight-8c.html|publisher=planetmountain.com|title=Yuji Hirayama first to onsight 8c!}} Note: The title of this article is misleading, as the article contains an interview in which Hirayama downgraded the route to 8b+ which has become the consensus grading.

On September 29, 2002, Hirayama and Hans Florine climbed The Nose in 2:48:55, setting a new speed record.{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews.lasso?keyid=34037&l=2|title=Hirayama and Florine set new Nose record|publisher=planetmountain.com|date=2 October 2002|access-date=23 May 2013}}

In 2003, he made the first ascent of a proposed {{Climbing grade|9a+}} called Flat Mountain.{{Cite web|url=http://www.climbing.com/news/flat-mountain-2/|title=Flat Mountain|publisher=climbing.com|author=Jeff Achey|date=15 June 2012|access-date=23 May 2013}}

On October 6, 2004, he onsighted the {{Climbing grade|8c}} graded White Zombie in Baltzola Cave, ESP. This was the world's first-ever onsight of an 8c in history.{{cite web|url=http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/hirayama-worlds-first-8c-on-sight.html|publisher=planetmountain.com|title=Yuji Hirayama world's first 8c on-sight!}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7jeDPrt7wU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/b7jeDPrt7wU| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Yuji Hirayama White Zombie Onsight|publisher=Youtube}}{{cbignore}}). On 2005 Aug 10, Tomas Mrazek had the 2nd 8c onsight, Pata Negra at Rodellar in eastern Spain.{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews.lasso?l=2&keyid=34900|title=Mrazek onsights Pata negra 8c!|publisher=planetmountain.com|date=13 September 2005|access-date=23 May 2013}}

In 2007, his El Capitan Nose record was broken by the German brothers Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber. The Hubers climbed The Nose on October 8, 2007 in 2 hours, 45 minutes and 45 seconds.{{Cite web|url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web07f/newswire-yosemite-nose-huber-speedrecord|title=Huber brothers break speed record on the Nose, twice|publisher=alpinist.com|author=Luke Bauer|date=9 October 2007|access-date=23 May 2013}} On July 2, 2008, Hirayama and Florine retook the record in a time of 2:43:33.{{Cite web|url=http://www.climbing.com/news/the-nose-goes-quicker/|title=The Nose goes quicker|publisher=climbing.com|author=Eric Perlman|date=4 September 2008|access-date=23 May 2013}} Then on October 12, 2008, they lowered the record to 2:37:05.{{Cite web|url=http://www.climbing.com/news/yuji-and-hans-speed-up-the-nose-an-el-capitan-dispatch-from-yosemite-ca/|title=Yuji and Hans Speed Up The Nose – An El Capitan Dispatch from Yosemite, CA|publisher=climbing.com|author=Larry Arthur|date=30 May 2012|access-date=23 May 2013}}

In 2008, he made the third ascent of boulder problem, Uma {{boulder grade|V14}} at Shiobara, and the first ascent of Ginga {{boulder grade|V14}} at Kanoto.{{Cite web|url=http://www.climbing.com/news/yuji-hirayama-still-has-the-power/|title=Yuji Hirayama Still Has the Power|date=24 April 2008|publisher=climbing.com|access-date=23 May 2013}} In 2009, he made the 6th ascent of Cobra Crack in Squamish, British Columbia.

In 2012, he freed a multi-pitch route called Pogulian Do Koduduo in the Mount Kinabalu National Park in Borneo with one pitch at 9a.{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=39707|title = Borneo, new extreme rock climbs by Yuji Hirayama, Daniel Woods and James Pearson on Mount Kinabalu}}

In 2010, Hirayama opened "Climb Park Base Camp", a climbing gym in Saitama prefecture, Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.b-camp.jp/ |title=Home |website=b-camp.jp}}

• History of rock climbing
• List of grade milestones in rock climbing

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• {{IFSC profile|id=2247|old_id=973|archive=20200711175511}}
• {{Instagram|yuji_hirayama_stonerider}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130829120131/http://www.bealplanet.com/beal-video/white_zombie/whitezombie1.htm Onsight of White Zombie]

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Category:Japanese rock climbers

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Category:IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists

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