Tamae Watanabe Quotes

Tamae Watanabe — Japanese Athlete born on November 21, 1938,

Tamae Watanabe (Japanese 渡辺玉枝, Watanabe Tamae; born 21 November 1938 Yamanashi Prefecture) is a Japanese mountain climber... (wikipedia)

Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.

I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don't think I can climb Everest again.

I love Mount Fuji and I think it is my love of the mountains in Japan that led me to seek other mountains around the world.

The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.

We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.

Tamae Watanabe Quotes

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