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Japanese climber who lost nine fingers nears Everest summit



A Japanese mountaineer who has previously lost nine fingers to frostbite is nearing the final stage of an attempt to climb Mount Everest. Latest contact suggests that Nobukazu Kuriki, 33, has reached the South Col, where he will rest before a final push later on Saturday to reach the summit. Mr Kuriki is the first person to attempt the climb since Nepal's devastating earthquake in April. It will be his fifth try at reaching the summit in the past six years. Mr Kuriki is expected to rest on the South Col for about seven to eight hours before attempting the final leg of the climb. It is not uncommon for climbers to set out for the summit late at night to reach the top around dawn, Ang Tsering, the president of the Nepalese Mountaineering Association, told the BBC. Sept. 26 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34368256






The news about the heroic mountain climber comes to us at Pluto station direct. A chart for the mundane event drawn for Mount Everest  is shown here. Notice Mercury on the MC is not only part of a Grand Cross but also receives several hard aspects. Let us look at these elements to see how the news can be built up. Firstly Mercury is part of the Indian asterism  Hasta, “The Hand”.  It is in hard aspect to Mars-Saturn and TNP Admetus – which among other things would  stand for surgeries and amputation (Mars-Saturn) necessitated on account of  cold (Admetus).   The Ascendant is conjunct the star kappa Mensae in the constellation of Mensa, “The Table Mountain” [1].

Under Uranus-Pluto, Ebertin [2] has “pioneers, reformers, explorers….the attainment of great objectives by an immense application of effort” but also accidents.  The TNP Kronos refers to “heights” while TNP Hades is debilitation or deterioration or difficult situations sometimes created by mistakes.

Summing up we have: A pioneering effort  (Uranus-Pluto) to climb Mount Everest  (Kronos) despite past mistakes (Hades) that affected his fingers (Hasta).


[2] Combination of Stellar Influences; Reinhold Ebertin (p.198)

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