School official admits lapse in judgment over avalanche deaths

A school official responsible for the ill-fated mountaineering lesson at a ski resort in eastern Japan admitted Wednesday to a lapse in judgment in going ahead with an exercise that led to the deaths of seven students and a teacher in an avalanche."At the time, we judged that it was absolutely safe, but now that's something I must really regret," Shuichi Inose, adviser of the mountaineering club at Otawara High School, said at a press conference.An avalanche that occurred in the mountain near the ski resort in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, on Monday morning killed the seven boys and…READ FULL ARTICLE