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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.

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[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 84 points 3 weeks ago

This article does not contain the critical information of whether or not he successfully found his phone!

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 61 points 3 weeks ago

A third climb may be needed.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ok but then what about the airpods? Fourth climb?

[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago

Or the name of the prestigious university cranking out this caliber of genius.

[-] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 29 points 3 weeks ago

Their students may not be the brightest, but they are renowned for their tenacity

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago
[-] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

But not that phone

[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

A Milford Man.

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

I'm hoping he found it, had reception, called authorities, and said, "Sorry guys, you're not going to believe this, but...".

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe he just didn't want to hike back down.

I get it, I got the worst blisters in my life doing the same thing, the hike up was fine but down destroyed my toes.

[-] ratel@mander.xyz 8 points 3 weeks ago
[-] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently media doesn't know as of yesterday: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mount-fuji-climber-rescued-twice-returned-to-get-phone/

It was not known whether he was able to find his phone in the end, local media reported.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 70 points 3 weeks ago

But days later, he returned to the mountain to retrieve belongings that he left behind, including his phone. He was rescued again on Saturday after suffering from altitude sickness but is now out of danger.

I dunno, seems like the danger occupies the gap between his glasses and the back of his hat.

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago

Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair?

[-] itsathursday@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

If you climb a mountain and are rescued twice, did you really climb it if you didn’t instagram it?

[-] FoolishSage@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Better go up again to take those pictures

[-] floo@retrolemmy.com 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Dude, seriously, iCloud backup. What the fuck

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago

Third time's the charm

[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
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