Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2015/08/07 (Fri)
60’s
Age
Hokkaido
Residence
SAR Event ID 2015-67-2
No injury
Outcome
Other (ground SAR)
SAR Involved
Fatigue
Cause
Summer
Season
Group
Party status
N/A
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The two victims entered the mountain at around 7:00 a.m. from the Chouchi River trailhead, and at around 1:00 p.m. on the same day, they arrived at the ninth station of Ochiken-dake. After lunch and a rest at Senken-daira, they started their descent, but a woman in her 60s was delayed due to fatigue in her legs. At around 5:25 p.m. on the same day, two people in distress did not return home, and their family members, concerned, called 110 through the town office and requested rescue. At around 6:00 a.m. on August 8, a ground search team found and rescued the two missing persons.
Extra details
Locale: Daisengen-dake (大千軒岳, 1072m)
Number in party: 2
Number in party requiring assistance: 2
Residence: Hokkaido
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2015) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者２人は、午前７時頃、知内川コース登山口から入山し、同日午後１時頃、大千軒岳９合目（千軒平）に到着、同所で昼食、休憩後、下山を開始したが、60代女性が足の疲労で行動が遅れ、同日午後７時30分頃、２合目付近の広い川原で日没となり同所でビバーク、（同日午後５時25分頃、遭難者２人が帰宅しないことから家族が心配して役場を介して110番通報し、救助要請（※翌８月８日午前６時頃、地上捜索隊が遭難者２人を発見、救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2015年度｜番号：67｜発生日：2015/08/07｜曜日：金｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：大千軒岳 (だいせんげんだけ), 1072m, (松前町、福島町、上ノ国町)｜構成人数：2｜遭難者数：2｜居住地：北海道｜性別：女｜年齢：60代｜職業：その他｜態様：無事｜原因：疲労
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（平成２７年）（北海道警察）
