The Latest: Japanese climber dies on Alaska mountain
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the death of a climber on Alaska's Denali, North America's tallest mountain:
The National Park Service in Alaska says a 66-year-old Japanese climber died of unknown medical causes Tuesday morning on Denali, North America's tallest mountain.
The descending team tried to assist Ikeda and continued to a camp at 17,200-feet, where they used a satellite phone to call park officials.
A team descending from North America's highest mountain at about 2:30 a.m. met the party with the ill climber between 18,400 and 19,000 feet.