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British tourist dies when climbing Mt.Muztagata in western China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-24 08:48
A British tourist died of heart attack while climbing Mount Muztagata in
northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the
Kashi prefecture government Monday.
Jonathan Matthew Peacock, 39, who was climbing with a party organized by
the Xinjiang Kashi Xinlu International Travel Agency, became ill on
7,546-meter mountain on July 13. He was sent back to the base camp and
died while receiving medical treatment.
In another development, the body of Republic of Korea (ROK) climber Choi
Jang Yong, who disappeared after losing contact with an ROK team on July
11, when it met with difficulties while climbing Mount Muztagata, was
found on July 18.
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