Naomi Uemura (1941-1984), the first Japanese explorer to climb Mt. Everest and the first to reach the North Pole alone by dogsled, once said that exploration was his whole life, but raising money for his various treks became a nightmare.
締造日本第一位登上聖母峰、世界第一位單人以狗拉雪橇到達北極點輝煌紀錄的探險家植村直己曾說，探險是他畢生的志業，但是探險募款卻成了他一生的夢魘。