A Chinese nationwide needed to be saved two times in one week from Mount Fuji after he went back to the mountain peak to gather his phone.
The 27-year-old trainee living in Japan was saved for the very first time on Tuesday by a helicopter while on the Fujinomiya path, about 3,000 m above water level on the mountain’s Shizuoka Prefecture side, report stated.
The trainee climbed up Japan’s highest peak in the off-season and was not able to come down the path after he lost his crampons, the gadget that is connected to the bottom of climbing up shoes.
The trainee went back to the mountain days later on to recuperate his personal belongings that he left, including his phone, Kyodo News reported. Authorities stated they got a call from another climber at around 12.50 pm on Saturday notifying them of the trainee struggling with acute mountain sickness.
The Shizuoka prefectural cops’s mountain rescue officers discovered the trainee on the 8th station and brought him back to the fifth station on a stretcher. He was then turned over to the fire department.
Climbers are prevented from treking Mount Fuji throughout the off-season due to the threat of death or injury from severe conditions. The climbing up season generally starts from 1 July and extends approximately September, with over 200,000 hikers trying the top each year.
Japan’s renowned mountain has actually seen a rise in travelers over the last few years, stimulating issues over overcrowding, contamination, and disruptive behaviour by travelers. Japan in March revealed it will present a ¥ 4,000 (₤ 20) entry cost for all 4 primary tracks of Mount Fuji beginning this summertime.
Previously, just the Yoshida Path in Yamanashi prefecture had a ¥ 2,000 (₤ 10) cost. Now, Shizuoka prefecture will likewise charge for its 3 tracks, which were formerly complimentary. Shizuoka is home to 3 of Mount Fuji’s 4 primary climbing up tracks– Fujinomiya, Subashiri, and Gotemba.
According to the World History Encyclopaedia, imagining Mount Fuji is thought about an indication of good luck in Japan. Beyond the shrines on the mountain itself, more than 13,000 shrines throughout Japan are reported to be devoted to Mount Fuji. Lots of function small reproductions of the mountain, permitting those not able to climb up the genuine peak to make a symbolic trip.