A student in Japan had to be rescued twice within four days from Mount Fuji because he went back to the mountain to look for his phone, according to local authorities and media reports.

A university student from China had to be rescued twice in four days while climbing Mount Fuji during the off-season - after he returned to the mountain peak to retrieve his mobile phone.

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said Monday.

A student was rescued twice from Japan’s Mount Fuji after developing altitude sickness. The 27-year-old returned four days after his first rescue to try and find his phone and other belongings ...

Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka ...

A Chinese national had to be rescued for the second time in four days after experiencing sickness Getty A student from China was rescued twice from Japan’s Mount Fuji in just four days after he ...

TOKYO — A climber was rescued twice in one week from Japan’s Mount Fuji after he went back to search for his lost phone, police said Monday. On Sunday, rescuers carried the climber on a ...

Mount Fuji is Japan’s tallest mountain, and many would also say its most beautiful. But a less desirable superlative it’s also picked up in recent years is being Japan’s most notoriously crowded ...

People are strongly advised against climbing Mount Fuji in the off-season (Picture: DoctorEgg) A university student had to be rescued twice in four days from Mount Fuji in the off-season — after ...