Three Japanese mountaineers were found dead after an avalanche at Kula Kangri, said an official of the Tibetan mountaineering association on Thursday.
The victims included cameraman Susumu Nakamura, 62, Japan's first Alpinist to reach the North and South Poles and Mt. Zhumolangma. He was famous in Japan for broadcasting live of the 1988 adventure.
Others are Yoshinobu Kato, 32 and Satoshi Arimura, 27, said Dou Changshen, office director of the association.
The climbers hoped to be the first to reach the main peak and two lower peaks of the mountain, but suffered avalanche around 18:50 local time.
The victims separated from other four members of the expedition, including a team doctor, which began the ascent on September 20.
Dou said that his association was informed of the tragedy at 19:59 on Oct. 1 after the Japanese were buried in an avalanche en route their adventure from the Camp One at 5,900 meters, and people hurried from the camp after the avalanche and found the bodies some 300 meters away from the camp.
The Kula Kangri, located at Luozha county, Tibet, has the highest peak of 7,538 meters.
Source:Xinhua
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