(16 Jun 2024)
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Skurdu, Pakistan – 16 June 2024
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1. Wide of Skurdu mountains
2. Sign reading (English) "Adventure Tours Pakistan"
3. Nizamuddin, manager, Adventure Tours (ATP) Pakistan at his office
4. Nizamuddin showing pictures of missing Japanese nationals and dead climbers on laptop screen
5. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Nizamuddin, Manager, Adventure Tours Pakistan manager:
"On 12th June, there was another Japanese mountaineer team sent to rescue them. They searched after flying a drone but they didn’t spot the missing mountaineers. Then on the 13th June we sent a helicopter rescue team and also a three-man rescue team from Sadpara (rescue team name), who were experts in rescue operations. The helicopter dropped them at base camp. A man from Sadpara and a Japanese rescuer climbed and searched and spotted the missing men."
6. Nizamuddin in office
7. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Nizamuddin, Manager, Adventure Tours Pakistan:
"They (Japanese and Pakistani rescue team) climbed to camp 2. They spent a night over there. Next morning on the 15th June, they descended and reached the dead body. They shifted the body to a safe location."
8. Various of Skurdu city
STORYLINE:
A Japanese climber has died while trying to scale one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan and a search is still underway to find his missing colleague.
Rescuers retrieved the body of one of the two missing Japanese climbers after a days-long search operation on the Spantik Peak, which is also known as Golden Peak.
The climbers were scaling the mountain when they went missing on Wednesday.
The Golden Peak is renowned for its distinct golden hue at sunrise and sunset, making it a popular destination.
Pakistani authorities were in contact with the Japanese Embassy in Islamabad to confirm the identity of the dead climber.
Pakistan’s Alpine Club said the two Japanese climbers were trying to reach the summit of the 7,027-meter (23,000-foot) Spantik Peak. It identified them as Ryuseki Hiraoka and Atsushi Taguchi.
Several climbers die in Pakistan every year while trying to reach the summit of some of the world’s highest mountains, including K2, which is located in Pakistan’s north.
AP video by Manzoor Hussain
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