en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABichir%C5%8D_Miura
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Also in 1966, he was the first person to ski Mount Fuji.
Miura was not the first person to ski Mount Fuji. Official Fuji World Heritage materials credit Theodor von Lerch with skiing from the mountaintop of Fujisan in 1912; Miura’s own bios describe his 1966 feat as a straight downhill descent on Fuji, not the first ski there.
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This sentence overstates Miura’s 1966 achievement.
An official Fujisan World Cultural Heritage Council nomination document says Theodor von Lerch was “the first person who skied from the mountaintop of Fujisan in 1912.” That directly contradicts the claim that Miura was the first person to ski Mount Fuji in 1966.
Miura’s own biography pages also describe his 1966 accomplishment more narrowly as “富士山直滑降”—a straight downhill descent on Mount Fuji—rather than the first-ever skiing of the mountain. So the accurate point is that Miura made a notable descent on Fuji in 1966, but he was not the first person to ski Mount Fuji at all.
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- Nomination of Fujisan (Fujisan World Cultural Heritage Council)
“Theodor von Lerch (1869-1945) … The first person who skied from the mountaintop of Fujisan in 1912.”
- 三浦雄一郎（YUICHIRO MIURA）：冒険家/プロスキーヤー | SIXPAD
Miura’s profile says: “1966年に富士山直滑降” — i.e., in 1966 he made a straight downhill descent on Mount Fuji.