Japanese climber dies in mountain fall

Onishi Hiroshi, 64, was returning from an expedition up the 7,027 m Spantik mountain when incident happened

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A Japanese climber fell to his death while descending a mountain in Pakistan, a local official told AFP 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 (23,054-foot) 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, told AFP on Wednesday. “The other climber and porters recovered the dead body and brought it to Camp 1 safely,” he added.