A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone.
A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone.
The first time he claimed he lost his crampons(shoe spikes), but he didn’t bother gathering up his gear before being picked up even though he was in zero medial distress. Claimed he didn’t even put his phone in his pocket, he just left it around somewhere. And faking altitude sickness is very easy, just act like you’re really tired with a headache and some nausea.
TL;DR: I bet he never actually needed rescue. And they would have probably found the crampons in his bag the second time.