Originally Posted by
CarlTheWebmaster
And, consider the Subarishi or Gotemba trails for the descent -- it was REALLY fun to run down the sand/gravel slopes for a couple of hours.
-C
I'll try the Subarishi descent next year.
Was it cold when you climbed? When I was up there last year, it was below 0C and the wind was mad!!
Seems like a lot of people are dying on it this year too!!
SHIZUOKA —
A man was found Friday in critical condition near the peak of Japan’s highest mountain, Mt Fuji, local police said Friday. The man is thought to be Takeshi Nakamura, 27, one of two climbers who went missing after going to climb the 3,776-meter mountain Saturday along with other company colleagues, Shizuoka prefectural police said.
The other missing climber, Jerry Yu, a 30-year-old U.S. national from Tokyo, was found collapsed and later confirmed dead Thursday. Yu was not breathing when he was found Thursday afternoon, Shizuoka prefectural police said.
Yu and Nakamura went to the 3,776-meter mountain with other colleagues on Saturday but went missing after they began to climb down separately from the others early Sunday morning. Yu climbed Mt Fuji in July last year while Nakamura had no mountain climbing experience, according to police.