![]() And I am a former competition climber, trust me, I know what I am talking about. I have never seen so many good, extremely good boulderers in one place. Shall I repeat that? Half of the world’s medals come from one gym! Surely there is no wonder that Yuji owns that gym… But that is only just the very top of the iceberg, because behind this 3 medals, there are a lot of other athletes with an incredible level. Yuji and his company helps the athletes become professional and they often climb together. But then you realise: the world championship have just finished in Paris and in the bouldering competition, 3 of the 6 medals are not only Japanese, but from Tokyo, from Base Camp. I am a pro climber, and most of the boulders are too hard for me, the Japanese climbers around me seem to evolve so effortlessly, like flying cats on the wall. ![]() We arrived at Base Camp, the gym that Yuji opened 5 years ago in Tokyo, and I oscillate between marvel and shame. ![]() There is this astonishing mix of modernity (the Japanese toilets and their multi jets, music and self cleaning options give you an idea of the immensity of your difference) and spirituality, respect, focus. You have to go back to it, learn to enjoy, differentiate and remember. But you smell, and you only smell the alcohol, you taste and you can’t put words on it because wine is subtle, complicated and requests an education. 3 days in the trip and I know exactly why we came: for Japan.Ģ years ago we spent a week in this unique country and both James and I knew that we had to come back one day: how could I compare it? Well, the first time you taste wine, you have heard a lot about it. We began our journey with next to no expectations about the climbing, and a big question mark for the rest. Yuji mentioned as well the damages made by the tsunami… Yuji didn’t say that much more: Kinkasan’s coast is covered with granite cliffs, and there is a Shinto shrine on it. It has 26km circumference and is inhabited by two monks. Kinkasan is a small island not far from Fukushima, on the north east side of Japan. The Real Rock tour has thrown Kinabalu into fame, but 5 years ago, when we went there, no climber could even put it on the climbing The last time Yuji proposed us a trip, we ended up in Kinabalu, the now oh so famous mountain where untouched granite will overwhelm the climber. Rescued by a passing ship several years later, they have but one goal in life: find Long John to kill him.“Why did James and I pick a small dot on the other side of the planet?”īecause Yuji told us about it. All these men hate Long John, who was their leader and yet betrayed them to save his own skin. The Pirates in the game are Morgan, Dick, Yellow Dog and others. ![]() After he betrayed his fellow pirates, he managed to escape the Royal Guard and flee to a secret island with a good amount of the plunder. Long John Silver is an acquaintance of Jim, and a colorful character. The parrot shows up in different places on the island, always ready to make a sardonic but humorous comment on the player's actions. Faithful to the memory of its master, Captain Flint helps Jim in his quest and delivers useful information. With the money remaining, he buys a small boat and leaves England for the West Indies.Ĭaptain Flint is a parrot. His taste for adventure soon sets him on his travels again. Jim has become an upstanding adventurous young man, attentive to those around him. He uses his share of the treasure to buy his mother a small estate. Treasure Island ends with Jim returning to England. But now, four years after the events in the novel, Jim has become a fully grown teenager. Pirates, old enemies of Long John, are on his trail. In the message the old pirate announces that he has buried a marvelous treasure on the secret isle where he retired : Emerald Island. The bird brings him a message from his master. Imagine his surprise when, one morning, he sees a parrot enter his bedroom window : none other than Captain Flint, Long John's own companion. Jim Hawkins has become an upstanding adventurous young man, attentive to those around him. Four years have passed since the end of the adventure recounted in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.
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