Japanese mountaineer dies and another injured while climbing in Pakistan

While ascending the mountain on Friday, one of the mountaineers slipped and fell at an altitude of 5,380 metres, to his death

Pakistani guide Muhammad Ibrahim shows a picture of Japanese climbers Semba Takayasu with Shinji Tamura (MH Balti/AP)

A Japanese climber died and a fellow mountaineer was injured when an apparent rock fragment hit them while trying to scale one of the highest peaks in northern Pakistan.

The two mountaineers from Japan were taking part in a climbing expedition organised by a local tour operator, said Karrar Haidri, secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan.