Kazuya Hiraide
| Kazuya Hiraide | |||||||
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| Full name | 平出和也 (Hiraide Kazuya) | ||||||
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May 25, 1979 Fujimi, Japan | ||||||
Medal record
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Kazuya Hiraide (平出和也 Hiraide Kazuya, born May 25, 1979) from Fujimi, Nagano Prefecture, is a Japanese ski mountaineer and mountain climber.
Selected results
Ski mountaineering
- 2009:
- 1st, Asian Championship, relay (mixed team), together with Mase Chigaya, Sato Yoshiyuki and Suzuki Keiichiro[1]
- 4th, Asian Championship, individual[2]
- 5t, Asian Championship, vertical race[3][4]
Mountain climbing
Hiraide climbed several six-, seven- and eight-thousanders in the 2000s (decade).
Mountain accident - Rescue helicopter crash
On the 7th of November 2010 the Annapurna record-holding rescue pilot Sabin Basnyat (34 years old) and his fellow technician Purna Awale (34 years old) were killed in the crash, which took place on their second flight for Kazuya Hiraide, after they had safely airlifted David Göttler on the north face of Ama Dablam. This accident was reported in the video of Swiss broadcast SF1 with the title "Die Bergretter im Himalaya - Dokumentation" (The Rescue Team in Himalaya - Documentary).
Awards
- 2008: Piolet d'Or, together with Kei Taniguchi (谷口ケイ Taniguchi Kei) for the first ascent of the South-West face of Kamet (7756m, India) in alpine style
External links
- Kazuya Hiraide, Skimountaineering.org
- Hiraide (Japanese), Ishii sports group
References
- ↑ Relay results
- ↑ 2009 Individual results
- ↑ 11/02: Asian Ski Mountaineering Championships - Vertical Race (CHI) (French), Skimountaineering.org, February 11, 2009.
- ↑ The 2nd Asian Ski Mountaineering Championships 2009 - vertical race, General Administration of Sport of China.