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Akira Ube

Birth
Japan
Death
2 May 1980 (aged 30–31)
Tibet Region, China
Burial
Tibet Region, China Add to Map
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Akira Ube died on Mount Everest's treacherous North Wall when an avalanche snapped his climbing rope near Camp 5 (27,002 feet) of the Japanese Alpine Society's expedition of 1980.
Akira Ube died on Mount Everest's treacherous North Wall when an avalanche snapped his climbing rope near Camp 5 (27,002 feet) of the Japanese Alpine Society's expedition of 1980.

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