People flock from all over the world to see the ‘perfect cone shape’ of Mount Fuji, one of Japan’s most popular attractions.
But now, a Chinese university student who insisted on climbing Mount Fuji outside of the official climbing season was rescued not once, but twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone.
BBC reported:
“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.”
The student lost his crampons – a spiked device that is attached to the bottom of climbing shoes – and had to be rescued by helicopter.
“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 but is now out of danger.”
It’s dangerous to climb the Fuji outside of the official climbing season from July to September. All trails to the mount’s summit are closed at this time, according to the authorities.
After his two rescues, the student became ‘the target of online ridicule and anger’.
South China Morning Post reported:
“The student’s actions were condemned by Ken Noguchi, a renown alpinist, who said on his X account: ‘The rescue team saved this man’s life, but his mentality is beyond salvation. It’s just too foolish’. The emergency teams should insist that the man pay the costs associated with the two rescues, he added.
Others pointed to a popular Japanese saying that a man who climbs Mount Fuji once is wise, while one who tries it twice is a fool.
Many others have also demanded that the man pay the costs of his rescue. One social media user said: ‘The rescue teams are also risking their lives to help him, so it is only natural that he should be charged for the cost of the rescue. I believe the local government should enact an ordinance to make climbing Mount Fuji illegal when it is officially closed to hikers’.”
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