A climber who brought into the slope with altitude diesel near the Japanese Mount Fuji last week, the authorities said only four days later, the authorities said on Monday.
The officials asked people to be aware of the tough conditions at the country’s highest peak in their low season.
The climber was only identified as a 27-year-old Chinese student who lived in Japan. He wore an emergency call on April 22nd and was flown after the development of symptoms of a altitude disease, the police said and added that his climbing bite was also damaged.
Last Saturday he returned to the Fujinomiya path of the mountain about 3,000 meters above sea level to search for his cell phone and other items left behind, the Shizuoka prefecture police said. Another climber could not be able to move there after he had apparently developed a second time, the police said.
No punishment, even for rescues outside the season
The hiking trails of the mountain are only officially open from July to early September, but there is no punishment for hiking outside the season. There is also no charges or punishment if a climber has to be saved, but the case of the student prompted a turmoil on social media and created calls that it is at least charged for his second rescue.
The Shizuoka police asked all climbers to turn caution and found that the mountain had low temperatures and is also covered with snow in spring.
The 3,776 meter high mountain was referred to as an UNESCO World Cultural Heritage location in 2013. A symbol of Japan, the mountain called “Fujisan”, used to be a place of pilgrimage and is now increasingly popular with hikers.
In order to check the overcrowding and risks of overnight through rocky slopes to see the sunrise, the local authorities stopped an entry fee and an upper limit for the number of participants in the most popular path last year and will introduce similar rules for other main traces this year.
