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TIL of Hakkōda Mountains incident where a unit of Imperial Japanese Army soldiers became lost in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains, Japan. The 199 deaths during a single ascent make it the most lethal disaster in the modern history of mountain climbing. From the 11 survivors, 8 needed amputations.

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