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Father leaves 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji to continue hike, reports say
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- A 48-year-old father was reprimanded by police in Japan after leaving his 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji for several hours with only a soft drink and a snack.
- The boy was found sitting on a bench in foggy and rainy conditions at over 2,000 meters elevation after his father told him to wait while he continued climbing with his older son.
- Mountain hut staff discovered the child near the sixth station of the Fujinomiya route and alerted police, who located the father three hours uphill at the eighth station.
- Authorities condemned the father's decision, emphasizing that leaving a child behind on the mountain is unacceptable, and the father apologized for his "rash" action.
- Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest peak at 3,776 meters, is known for climbing incidents, including recent rescues of elderly and inexperienced climbers.
