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.

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 ...

It is unknown whether he was able to find the phone. 3 Bodies Found in Crater on Mount Fuji After Missing Climber Sent Photos from Summit to Family As CNN and the BBC reported, the man had to be ...

including his phone. He was rescued again on Saturday after suffering from altitude sickness but is now out of danger. Due to harsh conditions, people are discouraged from climbing Mount Fuji ...

It was not known whether he was able to find his phone in the end Mount Fuji, an active volcano and Japan's highest peak, is covered in snow for most of the year. Pexels TOKYO: A man in his 20s ...

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 mountain climber had to be rescued from Mt. Fuji twice in the space of a week after he returned to the same spot days later to retrieve his lost phone. The 27-year-old mountaineer, a Chinese ...

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan’s Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he returned to find his phone, according to media reports. Police told AFP ...

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 Chinese student ...

Mount Fuji can be perilous without the right preparation (Picture: AP) He had returned to retrieve his mobile phone, and it was not known if he was able to find it, the reports said. Japan’s ...

He initially climbed the mountain while studying in Japan during off-season. Rescue efforts began when he fell ill, suspected of having altitude sickness. A Chinese national had to be rescued ...

The man had also lost his crampons – necessary on the ice-covered higher levels at Mount Fuji – other climbing equipment, and his mobile phone. Four days later, emergency rescue teams received ...