Speed twice in a week. A young man in about twenty years was by helicopter for rescue services while climbing Mount Fuji in Japan, before being rescued again a few days later on the same mountain … where he had returned to lift his phone, the local press reported.
This student, of Chinese nationality and resides in Japan, was discovered on Saturday in difficulty by another hiker on a road about 3,000 meters above sea level, in this period of the year, police said.
“It was suspected that he had mountain disease and was transported to the hospital,” a police spokesman in the Shizuoka region said Monday.
However, police services discovered a little later that this same young man had already been rescued four days before at Mount Fuji heights, the private television channel of TBs and other Japanese media.
According to them, the student had already been rescued by helicopter on Tuesday, April 22 and embarked on a new promotion of Mont Fuji to try to recover his mobile phone, lost behind him during his first rescue. The police could not immediately confirm this information. It is unknown if you finally found your phone, add the media.
Excessive
Mount Fuji, an active volcano and a higher peak in Japan (3,776 meters), is covered with snow most of the year. Due to difficult conditions, access to hikers getting advised out of the summer season.
Their trails are officially open from the beginning of July to the beginning of September, and the crowds then survey their steep slopes in the middle of the night to admire the dawn of its summit.
To limit excess frequency, the authorities established a right of entry last year and a hikers in the most popular route. And as of this summer, hikers who use one of the four main paths will have to pay 4,000 yen (24.50 euros).
Source: BFM TV
