Luca D'Andrea - Self Discovery and Climbing the 100 Famous Mountains of Japan
Description
Luca, is an avid mountaineer as well as a trail runner - it can be argued that the two are intertwined. Luca was born in Rome, in Italy and he discoved his love for the outdoors and mountains through Boy Scouts, he was a member of a troop from the age of 8 to 24.
Luca has explored the Apennines and the Dolomites in his home country of Italy. Combining work with adventure, once in Japan and based in Tokyo, he explored the Japanese mountains and after reading the book by Kyuya Fukada, a Japanese mountaineer, called 'Hyakumeizan', he set out to challenge Japan's hundred famous mountains. In two years he managed to complete the dream of climbing them all.
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