Kokou no Hito

Kokou no Hito (Japanese: 孤高の人) or The Climber is a Japanese manga series written by Shinichi Sakamoto and Yoshirō Nabeda and illustrated by Shinichi Sakamoto, based on a novel by Jirō Nitta. It was originally serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 2007 to 2012, with the 170 chapters later published into 17 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. It tells the story of introvert solo mountain climber Mori Buntarō, partially based on real-life mountain climber Buntarō Katō, who is introduced to sport climbing after being transferred to a new high school and later dedicates his entire life to professional mountain climbing, keeping the ascent of K2's East Face as his goal.