Two climbers found dead on Mount Fuji

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Posted by 4plus on July 25th, 2009

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Two climbers were found dead from cold on Mount Fuji. They climbed up from Fujinomiya Trail with other colleagues, and went missing on the way back from the summit.

tinkaline - 22 weeks 2 days 17 hours 45 min ago

This is so sad.
I'll be going in December, its winter, is it gonna be much worst ?

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4plus - 22 weeks 1 day 23 hours 43 min ago

Yes, the condition is much worse in winter.

Jessy Hoan - 17 weeks 5 days 18 hours 37 min ago

May I ask how do you get up to Mount Fuji in December (if you are not joining a Tour bus). I am going on 9 December 2009 but there is no bus service from Kawaguchiko Station to the 5th Station in December, the last bus service will be on 30 November 2009. I am so disappointed.
Kindly advise alternative. Thanks. Jessy Hoan - Singapore.

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junior - 17 weeks 5 days 16 hours 23 min ago

hi Jessy,
I believe the only alternative is taxi. Although there's no official information about the fare on the Web, I found a blog that says the fare from Kawaguchiko 5th station to Kawaguchiko train station was about 12,000 yen a few years ago. http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~sekiyo/05fuzitozan.htm (only in Japanese)
Please also note that Fuji Subaru Line (the road leading to Kawaguchiko 5th station) may be closed in winter depending on weather condition.
Here are some pictures showing how much the road is covered with snow: http://fujisen.web.infoseek.co.jp/josetu.htm

Jessy Hoan - 17 weeks 5 days 10 hours 55 min ago

Thank you for the info and pictures. I am not going to risk taking taxi at Yen 12,000 which may end up not be able to go through.


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