Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2015/08/22 (Sat)
20’s
Age
Hokkaido
Residence
SAR Event ID 2015-71-2
No injury
Outcome
Police Helicopter
SAR Involved
Other
Cause
Summer
Season
Group
Party status
N/A
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The four people in distress were rescued from August 19 to 22. However, because the Pipailo River was swollen, they had to climb along the ridge by scrambling along the ridge, but at around 2:00 p.m. on August 22, they found themselves on the northeast slope of Mt. Pipailo at around 2:00 p.m. on August 22. Pipailo at around 2:00 p.m. on August 22, a female climber in her 20s became unable to move due to hypothermia, and at around 2:10 p.m. on the same day, the police were notified and a rescue request was made. The next day, August 23, the Hokkaido Police Mountain Distress Rescue Team found the distressed party and rescued them by a Hokkaido Police helicopter.
Extra details
Locale: Pipairo-dake (ピパイロ岳, 1917m)
Number in party: 4
Number in party requiring assistance: 4
Residence: Hokkaido
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2015) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者４人は、８月19日から22日（予備日23、24日）の予定でピパイロ川八ノ沢出合いから入渓し、ピパイロ岳北面直登沢を登る計画でいたが、ピパイロ川が増水していたため、途中から尾根伝いにやぶ漕ぎをしながら登っていたが、８月22日午後２時頃、ピパイロ岳北東斜面（標高1880メートル付近）において、20代女性の遭難者が低体温症で行動不能となり、同日午後２時10分頃、警察に通報し、救助要請 （※翌８月23日、道警山岳遭難救助隊が遭難者パーティーを発見、道警ヘリで救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2015年度｜番号：71｜発生日：2015/08/22｜曜日：土｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：ピパイロ岳 (ピパイロだけ), 1917m, (芽室町、帯広市)｜構成人数：4｜遭難者数：4｜居住地：北海道｜性別：男｜年齢：20代｜職業：大学生｜態様：無事｜原因：その他
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（平成２７年）（北海道警察）
