Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week.

He climbed the Fujinomiya trail again to about 10,000 feet above sea level to retrieve his forgotten cell phone and other ...

A student airlifted from near the peak of Mount Fuji returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days ...

Officials said the unnamed mountaineer was alone on the Fujinomiya trail on April 22. He had to be rescued again just four ...

A 27-year-old male student from China was rescued twice from Japan’s Mount Fuji within a span of four days after he ...

The 27-year-old university student was carried down the iconic Japanese mountain on a stretcher days after being airlifted ...

A student was rescued while climbing Mount Fuji and attempted to return days later to retrieve his phone – and had to be ...

Police say that climber who was airlifted with altitude sickness near the peak of Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope ...

Mount Fuji climber had to be rescued twice in one week after going back for lost phone - Chinese national was first rescued ...

according to Mt. Fuji Climbing, a website dedicated to the summit. Officials from Shizuoka Prefecture did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s requests for comment on April 29. “ ...

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 ...