(ANSA) – Tokyo, September 20 – An Italian mountaineer who has become famous for scaling peaks in his bare feet is to take on Japan’s highest and holiest mountain, Mt. Fuji.
Antonio Peretti, 47, a charity-driven forest guard and part-time adventurer from the mountainous Veneto region, is to attempt his feat next month – on the heels of similar exploits that have earned him the nickname “the barefoot climber”.
Over the next five years, Hobbit-like, he clambered over most of his native Dolomites as well as venturing farther afield to Mt. Blanc, Kilimanjaro, the Himalayan heights of Makalu, volcanos in Ecuador, Bolivia and Etna in Sicily – while it was erupting.
On his website, www.tomperry.it, Peretti says he feels “the Earth transfers its energy to me while barefoot.
“I am spiritually reborn, I become a conduit for positive and genuine values”.
On each of his climbs Perry has raised money for environmental causes and peace groups worldwide.
This time he will be bringing ash from Etna to the top of Mt. Fuji in a sort of symbolic ‘twinning’ of the two famous peaks.
Perry will also carry up a plaque commemorating the exploits of Italy’s late ‘Human Condor’ Angelo D’Arrigo, who died in a plane crash last year.
The Mt. Fuji ascent will be covered by Sky TV and journalists who have recorded Peretti’s other exploits will put together an ‘instant book’ on the initiative.
10 thoughts on “Barefoot Climber tackles Mt. Fuji”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Hello fantastic blog! Does running a blog like this require a large amount of work? I have virtually no understanding of computer programming however I had been hoping to start my own blog in the near future. Anyway, should you have any recommendations or tips for new blog owners please share. I know this is off topic but I simply wanted to ask. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the post
I bet your tougher than him.
I wished to thanks for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it I’ve you bookmarked to take a look at new stuff you post
You are better than Tom Perry. I bet you could climb father in more cold.
I have not checked in here for some time because I thought it was getting boring, but the last few posts are good quality so I guess I’ll add you back to my daily bloglist. You deserve it my friend 🙂
It is such an honor to have the chance to join the discussion of this great site! I want to extend my thanks for this.
You guys should climb together!
You’re both amazing!