GILGIT: A Japanese climber fell to his death while descending Spantik mountain in Pakistan, a local official said Wednesday, weeks after two compatriots were declared dead on the same peak.
Onishi Hiroshi, 64, was returning from an expedition up the 7,027-metre Spantik mountain when the incident happened on Tuesday.
“While descending, he fell into a crevasse near Camp 2,” Ataur Rehman Kakar, the Nagar District Deputy Commissioner, said on Wednesday. “The other climber and porters recovered the dead body and brought it to Camp 1 safely,” he added.
Hiroshi was one of four Japanese mountaineers who began their climb on June 10, supported by Pakistani porters. Two Japanese climbers died during a separate expedition last month. One of their bodies was recovered, but authorities declared the other dead after the search was called off due to adverse weather conditions.
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