A climber in Hong Kong has died and another survived after being rescued from a Japanese mountain, according to media reports.
Chubu-Nippon Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported On Tuesday afternoon, two men, believed to be Chinese nationals, became trapped on Mount Okuhotaka, Japan’s third-highest peak, resulting in one death.
According to the CBC, Japanese police received a report on Sunday that a 22-year-old man, who lived in Tokyo, and a 30-year-old man were stranded on Mount Okuhotaka – the highest peak of the Hida Mountains – in Gifu Prefecture due to bad weather conditions.
The two are said to have become trapped on a 3,163 meter rocky ridge known as “Xandari”, located west of the peak of Mount Okuhotaka.
Earlier search and rescue operations were called off due to continued bad weather, the CBC reported. “A search operation by a Nagano prefecture disaster relief helicopter began this morning and the two individuals were found at 3 p.m.,” he said.
The 30-year-old was taken to the hospital in a conscious state and survived, but the 22-year-old was pronounced dead.
Several Threads users said on Monday that two Hong Kong residents were stranded in the Hida Mountains, also known as the Alps of Northern Japan, the city’s local media reported. said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong’s Immigration Department told local media on Monday that it had received requests for assistance in connection with the incident.
The department told HKFP on Tuesday that it had sent staff to accompany the victims’ families to Japan to provide assistance.
