Anyone Keen to Hike or Ski Fuji?

[pie-eater 207]

In another thread about the solar 'ring' thingy:

 

２１日午前１０時頃、金環日食を見ようと富士山に入った三重県四日市市のドイツ人男性（４０）が山頂で動けなくなっていると、男性の妻から静岡県警富士宮署に連絡があった。

県警山岳遭難救助隊が救助に向かったが、強風などのため捜索を中断。２２日早朝から再開する予定。

富士山は７月１日の山開きまで、５合目より上の登山が原則禁じられている。

発表によると、男性は１９日午後２時頃に富士宮口５合目を出発し、テントで１泊して登頂。山頂で日食を待っていて、寒さと疲れで自力下山できなくなったという。２１日午後４時半頃、妻に携帯電話で「元気、食べ物もある」と話したという。

 

That 21st around 10 o'clock in the morning, you will look at the gold ring solar eclipse, when the German man of Mie prefecture Yokkaichi city which enters into Mt. Fuji (40) has stopped being able to move with the mountaintop, from the wife of the man there was communication in Shizuoka prefectural police Fujinomiya station. Prefectural police mountain disaster rescue team faced to rescue, but because it is gale and the like, discontinuing search. 22 days the schedule which the empty is reopened early morning. As for Mt. Fuji to the mountain opening July 1st, mountain-climbing on from 5th go is prohibited principle. According to announcement, the man 19th Fujinomiya oral 5th leaves go around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, 1 Tomari does with the tent and ascends. Waiting for the solar eclipse with the mountaintop, you say that own power it became not be able to descend with cold and the fatigue. That 21st around 4:30 PM, in the wife “vigor, there is also a food”, you said by the portable telephone, you say.

[CnnmnSchnpps 0]

What a dreadful auto-translation

 

That's pretty crazy. Glad it sounds like the guy was well prepared (tent), though spending a couple nights up there can't be too warm...

 

It says he's exhausted and can't get back down himself, but I wonder how much of that is just altitude sickness screwing with your head.. Last time I climbed it (in summer), I felt like death at the top, but by the time I got back to the bottom I had all my energy back.

 

Pls post up if you hear any more!!

-D

[snowdude 44]

What time did you get up top snowdude?

 

We started climbing about 9pm and arrived at the top at around 3am and sat there until the sun came up.

[SKI 15]

Really must try to do that one year.

 

Did you luck out with the weather conditions snowdude?

[snowdude 44]

Yes we chose a day tjat was forcasted to be calm and clear. It was clear at night turned a little cloudy by sunrise but that actually created a beautiful sunrise, with the mixture of clear orange sky and orange red clouds. But the weather changed so quickly, one minue it was clear the next cloud and fog, same on the way down until we got to gogomae were t was then more steady.