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35YEARS OLD JAPANESE MOUNTAIN CLIMBER, NOBUKAZU KURIKI, DIES TRYNG TO REACH THE MOUNTAIN'S SUMMIT

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A Japanese climber, Nobukazu Kuriki who initially lost all but one of his fingers while climbing Mount Everest finally lost his life trying to reach the mountain's summit.
He was found dead in his tent by Sherpas on earlier today, according to a Nepalese government official, he said it was his eighth attempt to scale the world's highest mountain.

The company which organised Kuriki's expedition said arrangements were being made for his body to be returned to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.
there is no further details surrendering the circumstances of his death until further notice.

Kuriki suffered severe frostbite during an ascent in 2012 and lost nine digits. But his determination to reach the summit remained, and he returned again in 2015.
He had been documenting his most recent journey with video updates on Facebook; a message on Sunday read: "I feel the pain and difficulty of this mountain."
His body was discovered at camp 2, around 1,400m (4,600ft) below the summit of the 8,848m (29,029ft) mountain.
Nearly 350 climbers have been given permits to climb the Everest this year, assisted by more than 500 Nepali guides and porters.
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