Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2018/07/25 (Wed)
20’s
Age
Japan citizen
Residence
SAR Event ID 2018-72-1
Injury
Outcome
Disaster SAR Helicopter
SAR Involved
Fall
Cause
Summer
Season
Group
Party status
N/A
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress entered the mountain at around 5:30 a.m. from the Io-kawa course, and while climbing near the summit at around 11:30 a.m., a rock on which he had placed his foot collapsed and he slipped about 5 meters down, injuring his right foot. A disaster prevention helicopter rescued the person in distress.
Extra details
Locale: Iou-zan (硫黄山, 1563m)
Number in party: 2
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Citizenship: Local
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2018) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は午前5時30分頃硫黄川コースから入山、午前11時30分頃山頂付近を登山中、足を乗せた岩が崩れて約５メートル滑落、右足を負傷、別の登山者が消防に救助要請（※防災ヘリが遭難者を救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2018年度｜番号：72｜発生日：2018/07/25｜曜日：水｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：硫黄山 (いおうざん), 1563m, (斜里町)｜構成人数：2｜遭難者数：1｜居住地：北海道｜性別：男｜年齢：20代｜職業：その他｜態様：負傷｜原因：滑落
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（平成３０年）（北海道警察）
