Mount Fuji climber rescued twice after going back for lost phone

bbc ^ | Joel Guinto

[BenLurkin]

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone.

The Chinese student, who lives in Japan, was first rescued by helicopter on Tuesday while on the Fujinomiya trail, which sits about 3,000m (9,800ft) above sea level.

He was unable to descend the trail after he lost his crampons...

But days later, he returned to the mountain to retrieve belongings that he left behind, including his phone. He was rescued again on Saturday after suffering from altitude sickness...

Due to harsh conditions, people are discouraged from climbing Mount Fuji outside of the official climbing season that starts in early July and ends in early September.

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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: cellphone; noonesaw

[sonova]

Ha Ha Ha Me dumb ass!

[sonova]

Me forn is rost!

[No name given]

‘Due to harsh conditions, people are discouraged from climbing Mount Fuji outside of the official climbing season that starts in early July and ends in early September.’

Good advice!

[TigersEye]

Give him some choices. Either he repays the full cost of both rescues or he’s deported back to China permanently.

My bet is he’d come up with the dough.

[Responsibility2nd]

They should charge him for the rescue. I suspect thousands of dollars was wasted on this idiot.

[rellic]

I worked for years at 14,000 ft and never got sick.
(I was in my 30’s and 40’s)This included lot of physical exertion.
Some people just don’t belong at altitude.

[Angelino97]

[No name given]

And all that wasted money could have been better spent on people who actually needed help.

[SaveFerris]

🤣🤣

[af_vet_1981]

I worked for years at 14,000 ft and never got sick.

However most folks need to gradually work up to 14k; going up too fast tends to bring on altitude sickness which can be dangerous.

[af_vet_1981]

They should charge him for the rescue. I suspect thousands of dollars was wasted on this idiot.

Yes.

Please purchase insurance before leaving home and be sure it covers emergency search and rescue in mountainous areas in case something goes wrong. Rescue operations in Japan's mountains may be conducted by the police, rescue workers from private companies, or a combination of these. If a private company conducts the rescue operation, you will be charged about 50,000 yen ($348.16) per day per worker.

[Daveinyork]

What are crampons?

[mikey_hates_everything]

"most folks need to gradually work up to 14k"

When you travel to La Paz, Bolivia by plane, there's no gradual, you're at altitude walking out of the plane. The airport is at about 13,000', the city 12,000'. Takes about 4 hours for the beer buzz to wear off. I worked there in my late 40's, never needed the roving O₂ van. Don't know about now but I wouldn't want to deal with it.

[mikey_hates_everything]

"What are crampons?"

Snow/ice chains or spikes that attach to your shoes.

[BrandtMichaels]

Um GROK is yer friend...

Mount Fuji is in Japan, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, about 100 km southwest of Tokyo. It’s Japan’s highest peak at 3,776 meters, an active stratovolcano, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You can pinpoint it at coordinates 35.3606° N, 138.7278° E.

[rlmorel]

That is true, I believe. Some people do not belong at altitude. Altitude sickness is highly variable and from what I know of it, difficult to predict.

[GingisK]

You can kill young people merely by depriving them of their phone.

[Rummyfan]

Crampons are basically teethed add-ons to one’s footwear to enable better purchase on icy or slippery terrain. underfoot.