Irresponsible Climbing Prompts Debate over Who Should Pay for Mount Fuji Rescues

Make ‘selfish’ Mount Fuji climbers pay for off-season rescue: Japanese officials

The call came after a Chinese student, who was rescued twice from Mount Fuji, said he went back the second time to try to retrieve his phone.

Japan has a problem on Mt Fuji: Who’s responsible for irresponsible climbers? Who will foot the bill?

Hidetada Sudo, the mayor of the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, expressed anger over people's defiance of rules and said that many are undermining the dangers of climbing the mountain

Mayor wants off-season Mount Fuji hikers to pay costs of their rescue operations

Being located at the foot of Mount Fuji is a source of pride for the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Fujinomiya and its residents. That proximity to Japan’s tallest and most famous mountain, though, has…

ThePatriotLight - Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues

ThePatriotLight - Following incidents in which people have been stranded on Mount Fuji as a result of irresponsible climbing, debate has erupted in cities near the national landmark over whether to make offseason hikers pay out of pocket for rescue fees.At a news conference held last Friday, Hidetada Sudo, the mayor of the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, expressed anger over some climbers' actions that suggest they have underestimated…

Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues

Rescue teams put themselves in grave danger, and the cost of flying a helicopter for a rescue can be up to between ¥600,000 and ¥800,000.

After Man Rescued on Mount Fuji Twice in a Week, Mayor Suggests Off-Season Climbers Should Pay the Rescue Bill

Japan’s Mount Fuji recently made international news after the same man had to be rescued from it twice within the same week. (The second time was because he returned to get his phone he’d dropped during the first rescue.) Mount Fuji has an on-season and off-season for climbing, and this man did it in the off-season, when you’re specifically told not to climb up the mountain. A local mayor is so frustrated by this man and others needing rescues d…