Second tourist, 27, dies while skiing days after snowboarder, 22, killed when backpack got caught in chairlift

Second tourist, 27, dies while skiing days after snowboarder, 22, killed when backpack got caught in chairlift

A TOURIST has died on Japan’s slopes just days after a 22-year-old snowboarder was killed in a separate chairlift incident. Michael “Micky” Hurst, 27, was skiing in unpatrolled back-country terrain between the Niseko Moiwa and Niseko Annupuri International Ski Resorts on Monday afternoon when disaster struck. The Australian skier’s death is the second tourist tragedy…

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