Take 1 (Big Comics)

[Machine Translation] Winner of the Grand Prize of "Manga Grand Prize 2008"! Mountains are supposed to be fun. But there are times when you run into danger... A mountain rescue story dedicated to all those who love mountains! Ishizuka's first work was published in Big Comic Original and was so well received that it was serialized in an additional issue of the magazine. This moving story of mountain rescue in the great outdoors has finally been published in book form! Synopsis: Kita-Hotaka in autumn. A middle-aged man, Kuroiwa, is climbing a mountain when his foot gets caught in the snow and he falls off a cliff, breaking his arm and becoming immobilized. The police station at the foot of the mountain is running late for his descent, so they request the help of Sanpo, a volunteer from the Mountain Disaster Prevention Association. Sanpo looks unreliable, but he is an experienced rescuer who has hiked in the Himalayas and South America... ( Episode 0 ). Characters: Shimazaki Sanpo (a volunteer rescuer who has climbed mountains overseas and returned to his hometown), Noda Masato (a police officer with the Nagano Prefectural Police. Chief of the mountain rescue team and a childhood friend of Sanpo's), Kumi Shiina (Noda's subordinate who is a beginner in mountains. She is a beginner in the mountains and has yet to fall in love with the mountains.)

「マンガ大賞2008」大賞受賞! 楽しいはずの山。けれど危険に遭遇することもある…。山を愛する人すべてに捧ぐ、山岳救助物語!! ビッグコミックオリジナル本誌に掲載された読み切りが好評だったため、増刊で連載開始となった石塚氏の出世作。大自然のなかで繰り広げられる感動の山岳救助物語が、ついに単行本化!! あらすじ 秋の北穂高岳。登山中の中年男性・黒岩が、雪に足をとられて崖から転落、腕を骨折して動けなくなってしまった。山麓の警察署では下山時刻が遅れていることから、山岳遭難防止対策協会のボランティア・三歩に救助を要請することに。見かけは頼りなさそうな三歩だが、ヒマラヤや南米の山を歩いてきた経験豊富な救助員で…(第0話)。 登場人物 島崎三歩(海外の山々を登り、故郷に戻り民間の救助ボランティアをしている)、野田正人(長野県警の警察官。山岳救助隊チーフで三歩の幼なじみ)、椎名久美(野田の部下で山は初心者。今ひとつ山を好きになれずにいる)