Japanese Climber Dies on Peru's Highest Peak

Japanese Climber Dies on Peru's Highest Peak

   Sao Paulo, June 25 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese climber has died on Huascaran, the highest peak of Peru, a group to which she belongs said Thursday Japan time.
   Chiaki Inada, 40, became unable to move due to poor health near the summit of the 6,768-meter mountain. She had suspected hypothermia.
   Inada and another Japanese woman were climbing the snowy mountain.

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