The same man rescued twice in a week on Mount Fuji – Liberation
Speed twice in a week. Japanese emergency services assured a man in his twenties on Tuesday, April 22, when he climbed Mount Fuji in Japanbefore rescuing him again a few days later on the same mountain … where he had returned to get his phone.
The student, of Chinese nationality and residing in Japan, was (re) discovered in difficulty on Saturday April 26 by a hiker on a path at some 3,000 meters above sea level, police explained to AFP. An altitude not recommended at this time of year.
« We suspected that he had mountain sickness and he was transported to hospital, » Police spokesman for the Shizuoka region said on Monday. Before achieving a little later that the amateur mountain dweller was recurrence, the private TBS television channel and other Japanese media reported. It is not known if the student finally found his phone, add the Japanese media.
Mount Fuji, active volcano and higher peak in Japan, with a peak at 3,776 meters above sea level, is covered with snow most of the year. Due to difficult conditions, access to hikers is strongly discouraged outside the summer season. Its trails are officially open from the beginning of July to early September, and crowds then survey its steep slopes in the middle of the night to admire the sunrise from its summit.
In order to limit surfrequents, the authorities introduced last year an entry right and a quota of hikers on the most popular route. And from this summer, people using one of the four main trails will have to pay 4,000 yen, or 24.50 euros.
