Climber from Japan dies after crevasse fall in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A climber from Japan is presumed lifeless following a fall right into a crevasse on Mount Hunter in Alaska’s Denali Nationwide Park and Protect, officers stated.

The park, in an announcement, stated a 43-year-old climber from Kanagawa, Japan, was unroped from his teammates when he fell by means of a weak ice bridge close to their camp at roughly 8,000 ft (2,440 meters) on the southeast fork of the Kahiltna Glacier.

Mountaineering rangers with the park have been notified of the autumn, on the base of Mount Hunter’s North Buttress, late Tuesday, the assertion stated. A ranger rappelled into the crevasse so far as attainable and located that the ice bridge collapse had crammed the crevasse with a big quantity of snow and ice, the assertion stated.

“The climber is presumed lifeless primarily based on the quantity of ice, the space of the autumn and the length of the burial. The feasibility of a physique restoration might be investigated within the days forward,” the assertion stated.

In the meantime, the park stated it had recovered on Tuesday the physique of Austrian solo climber Matthias Rimml following his loss of life earlier this month on Denali, North America’s tallest peak.

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