A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan’s Mount Fuji last week had to be saved a second time just four days later, local authorities have said.
The 27-year-old climber made an emergency call on 22 April after getting altitude sickness on the mountain’s Fujinomiya trail, about 3,000 metres (nearly 10,000 feet) above sea level.
It is the peak’s off-season, when officials urge people to be aware of incredibly harsh conditions.
But four days later, police said they received another call to the mountain after the student, who has not been named, returned to look for his phone and other belongings left behind.
They said another climber found him there unable to move after he apparently developed altitude sickness for a second time.
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