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Kohno Hyoichi
Japanese adventurer Hyoichi Khono has disappeared at the age of 43 near the canadian coast during his "Reaching Home" solo Expedition of arctic spring 2001. On May 23, his body was found dead underneath his sledge.

Websites
: Antarctica.org / Transpol'Air / WebJapan / His Expeditions Office / Expedition News / cbc.ca / Nunatsiaq News / Nunatsiaq News 1 / Japan Today / cbc.ca 1 / ExploreNorth / Global EdVenture /

1997 : First Japanese person to ski solo to the Geographic North Pole
1995 : Solo ski to North Magnetic Pole
1990 : Solo crossing of the Sahara Desert (5000km) pulling cart in 129 days.
1988 : Climbed Korzhenevskaya and Kommunizm.
1987 : Attempted Nanga Parbat , sustained injury to face at 6700m from falling ice block.
1986 : Climbed Aconcagua, crossed Chile and Argentina on foot.
1985 : Climbed Mt. Rainier,Shasta and Whitney, Popocatepetl, Pico de Orizaba, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo.
1984 : Completed Boston marathon, New York marathon, Honolulu marathon.
1983 : Climbed Mt. McKinley, walked across USA, Los Angeles to New York (180 days)
1982 : Yukon river by raft (2000km), rode bicycle from Alaska to New York