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Woman, 63, dies on Everest descent
Shoko Ota, 63, had reached the summit with two fellow climbers May 20, Tokyo-based Adventure Guides Co. said in a statement. But Ota lost the ability to move before losing consciousness during their descent, about 350 meters from the summit of the 8,850-meter mountain. Ota, an internist from Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, started climbing mountains in her 40s. She had previously climbed Mount Cho-Oyu, an 8,201-meter Himalayan peak, with Adventure Guides in October 2002.
The Japan Times Weekly: May 29, 2004 |
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