
A mountain climber from Japan is presumed dead after falling into a crevasse at Alaska's Denali National Park
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A Japanese mountain climber is presumed dead after falling into a crevasse in Alaska's Denali National Park, officials said.
The 43-year-old from Kanagawa, Japan -- who was not named by officials -- was un-roped from his teammates and "fell through a weak ice bridge near their camp at approximately 8,000 feet on the southeast fork of the Kahiltna Glacier," according to a Wednesday release from the Denali National Park and Preserve. He was at the base of Mount Hunter's North Buttress.
A member of the climber's team reached out for help on Tuesday night, the statement said, and one of the responding park rangers rappelled into the crevasse "as deep as possible."

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