Mountain man

Hi all, this is my first post. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu :)
I'm translating a dialogue from a movie, and so far I have trouble with a sentence.
Context: Year 1906. A man wants to climb a very dangerous mountain, mt. Tsurugidake. Someone tells him he needs a good guide. There is a man in the Ooyama village who was his guide 5 years ago when he climbed