Word: otani
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bivouac at 16,400 ft. Uemura waved, a prearranged signal that all was well. When he failed to reappear by Feb. 19, rescue efforts were begun, but they were frustrated by thick clouds, high winds and blinding snow. Two of Uemura's friends, Climbers Jim Wickwire and Eiho Otani, were dropped onto the mountain by helicopter at the 14,300-ft. level to continue the search. Their major concerns: Uemura carried no tent, and his supplies of raw caribou meat, seal oil, fruit and fuel to melt snow for water would have been exhausted the day after...