A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope to search ...

He was first rescued on Tuesday from the Fujinomiya trail, which is nearly 3,000 meters above sea level, by helicopter.

The first rescue took place on 22 April, when the student had to be airlifted by helicopter on the Fujinomiya Trail. It's ...

These were steep screw-ups. A climber was rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week after he was airlifted off the sacred ...

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four ...

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

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

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

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

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

The second climb ended similarly, as the student again required rescue after reportedly suffering from altitude sickness.

A man has been rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week, after returning to the Japanese peak to try and retrieve his phone.