Two Japanese climbers die in Himalayas

Two Japanese climbers were killed by an avalanche on Sunday as they were climbing Annapurna One in the Himalayas in Nepal, Kyodo News reported Monday.

The agency quoted a mountain climbing association based in central Japan's Aichi Prefecture as saying that the two victims were Hideji Nazuka, 49, and Michio Sato, 43.

Sato was leading a four-member team up the 8,091-meter peak. If they had succeeded, Nazuka would have become the first Japanese to scale 10 of the world's 14 highest mountain peaks.

Source: Xinhua