Two climbers fall off mountain in Japan; one rescued while search continues for the other
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UONUMA, Niigata – Two rock climbers fell off Mount Echigo-Komagatake near the Oyu hot spring resort in Uonuma, Niigata prefecture, in Japan, on the afternoon of Sept 27. One remains missing, while a helicopter rescued the other on Sept 28.
One climber, in his 20s, became snagged on the slope but managed to call for help and was rescued. The police received a call from him at about 4.30pm on Sept 27. The missing man is a 52-year-old company employee from Setagaya ward, Tokyo.
According to the Koide Police Station of the Niigata prefectural police, the rescued climber is from Sayama, Saitama prefecture. The pair were climbing the 2,003m mountain on a rocky slope and reached an altitude of about 1,100m when they both fell.
The police are conducting a ground and aerial search for the missing climber. THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
