Climbing career
On November 25, 1999, Hirayama onsighted ''Mortal Kombat'' (Castillon, France, FRA), which gained some historical relevance because it was initially believed to be the world's first onsight of an ; however, a few days later, Hirayama himself downgraded it to 8b+, which has become the consensus grading. On September 29, 2002, Hirayama and Hans Florine climbed ''The Nose (El Capitan), The Nose'' in 2:48:55, setting a new speed record. In 2003, he made the first ascent of a proposed called ''Flat Mountain''. On October 6, 2004, he onsighted the graded ''White Zombie'' in Baltzola Cave, Spain, ESP. This was the List of first ascents (sport climbing)#Onsighted / Flashed by men, world's first-ever onsight of an 8c in history.). On 2005 Aug 10, Tomas Mrazek had the 2nd 8c onsight, ''Pata Negra'' at Rodellar in eastern Spain. In 2007, his El Capitan ''Nose'' record was broken by the German "Huberbuam", Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber. The two brothers climbed ''The Nose'' on October 8, 2007 in 2 hours, 45 minutes and 45 seconds. On July 2, 2008, Hirayama and Florine retook the record in a time of 2:43:33. Then on October 12, 2008, they lowered the record to 2:37:05. In 2008, he made the third ascent of boulder problem, ''Uma'' at Shiobara, and the first ascent of ''Ginga'' at Kanoto. In 2012, he freed a multi-pitch route called ''Pogulian Do Koduduo'' in the Mount Kinabalu National Park in Borneo with one pitch at 9a.Business career
In 2010, Hirayama opened "Climb Park Base Camp", a climbing gym in Saitama prefecture, Japan.See also
*History of rock climbing *List of first ascents (sport climbing)References
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