Hiker falls off Mt. Fuji while live-streaming steps from summit, rescuers yet to find him【Video】 soranews24.com

Last words before slipping are “This part is dangerous.”On the morning of October 28, a young Japanese man began a live stream on Japanese video-sharing site Niconico.
Fuji!”, the video chronicled his climb up Japan’s most famous natural landmark.
A Niconico user who was watching the live stream contacted the authorities, and a fire department search-and-rescue helicopter was dispatched from Yamanashi (one of the prefectures which borders Mt.
In a longer extract from the live stream (embedded below), a second voice can be heard, but it appears to be computer-generated.
In the meantime the accident serves as an important reminder that despite how serene and gently sloped Mt Fuji can appear from afar, it is still Japan’s highest mountain.