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Fitness warning after tourist dies climbing Phu Kradueng

Tourists enjoy the dawn from Pha Nok An cliff, at the top of Phu Kradueng mountain in Loei. (Bangkok Post file photo)

Visitors to Phu Kradueng and other mountains should ensure they are fit enough to make the climb, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said on Monday, after a tourist had a fatal heart attack on his way to top of the national park.

Phu Kradueng National Park chief Samret Phusansri said on Sunday that a 62-year-old man had suffered a heart attack while on a trail to the top of the mountain with three friends 

They had arrived at the park, in Phu Kradueng district of Loei, from Samut Sakhon about 10.30am and started the steep climb four hours later.

The man, whose name was not released, collapsed on the trail, about three kilometres from the park entrance. His…

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