A Japanese mountaineer died and another was injured when apparent rocks hit them while they were trying to climb a never-scaled mountain in Pakistan
Japanese climber Semba Takayasu looks his mobile phone prior to speak with the Associated Press about the incident and death of his fellow climber Shinji Tamura, in Skardu, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Japanese climber Shinji Tamura died, and his fellow mountaineer Semba Takayasu was injured while trying to scale one of the highest and unscaled peaks in northern Pakistan last week, a mountaineering official and the injured climber said on Tuesday.
The man's colleague, Semba Takayasu, said their rappelling point was broken and they fell together, holding a double rope about 60 meters long. “Shinji was heavily hit" and had a big injury from what Takayasu said he thought was a rock. Takayasu managed to reach base camp to seek help, and Haidri said a search team was quickly sent to the area where Tamura slipped.
“We have been informed by local authorities that the Japanese fell from a great height into the rocks and there were piles of snow and apparently he was buried there. Some of his belongings were found but there is no trace of his body,” Haidri said. “There is no chance of survival in such incidents, and the injured Japanese Semba Takayasu had also seen him falling from a great height, and rescuers went to the area for the search.
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