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# Kuriaki tries a 4th time for success on Hunter
- URL: https://ktna.org/kuriaki-tries-a-4th-time-for-success-on-hunter/
- Published: 2009-03-17T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-03-17T08:00:00.000Z
- Description: A familiar face arrived back in Talkeetna a month and a half ago. Masatoshi Kuriaki is normally one of the first climbers on the Denali every other year. This year,
- Author: KTNA Staff
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

A familiar face arrived back in Talkeetna a month and a half ago. [Masatoshi Kuriaki](http://www.japanesecaribou.com/?ref=ktna.org) is normally one of the first climbers on the Denali every other year. This year, he tried to attain what no other human has accomplished. He didn’t make it, but he says he’ll be back.

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![photo of Masatoshi from his website ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/aaa0372.jpg "aaa0372")

photo of Masatoshi from his website