Nanga Parbat, Rupal Face Attempt and Tragedy. The members of

Nanga Parbat, Rupal Face A ttem pt a n d Tragedy. The m em bers o f our expedition were H itoshi Sakurai, N obuyoshi Sakurai, Iwao O gasaw ara, Shinji K obayashi, Tetusa Baba, Shinya N akashim a, K atsuyuki K itam ura, M asaki A kiba, Ms. Y ukiko Fukuzaw a, Ms. M asae Yoshino, M asanori Sato, Taro Tanigaw a, D aisuke Shim izu and I as leader. On June 18, we got to Base Cam p at 3650 m eters on the Bazhin G lacier above R upal. We established C am ps I, II and III at 4500, 4500 and 5600 m eters on June 23, July 1 and 12. On July 16, Tetsuya Baba was struck by lightning and badly injured. We called for a helicopter, but this was available only at the altitude o f Base Cam p. We carried him dow n, still alive for the next 48 hours, but he died w hen we reached 5250 m eters. Mr. B aba’s parents and sister cam e to attend the funeral, w hich lasted until July 27. On the 28th, we began a second attem pt. Sato, A kiba and I placed Cam p IV at 6070 m eters. On A ugust 6, we reached 6250 m eters on Rakhiot Peak. At that tim e, we received inform ation that one o f our fem ale m em bers had broken her leg betw een C am ps I and II. T here was also avalanche danger. I decided not to expose the group to further dangers. K e ijir o H

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