Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2018/08/17 (Fri)
30’s
Age
Kagawa
Residence
SAR Event ID 2018-86-1
Injury
Outcome
Local Fire Dept
SAR Involved
Illness (Hypothermia)
Cause
Summer
Season
Group
Party status
N/A
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The person in distress entered the mountain from Kurodake on August 16 and stayed in a tent at the designated Ura-Asahi campsite at around 11:00 a.m. on the same day, but at around 8:30 a.m. on the following day, August 17, he had difficulty descending the mountain due to the cold and requested police rescue through other climbers. The person in distress was rescued by the Hokkaido Police Mountain Rescue Team and firefighters.
Extra details
Locale: Asahi-dake (旭岳, 2291m)
Number in party: 2
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Residence: Kagawa
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2018) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は8月16日黒岳から入山、同日午前11時頃裏旭キャンプ指定地でテント泊したが、翌17日午前8時30分頃寒さで下山が困難とな り、他の登山者を介して警察に救助要請（※道警山岳救助隊と消防隊員が遭難者を救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2018年度｜番号：86｜発生日：2018/08/17｜曜日：金｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：旭岳 (あさひだけ), 2291m, (上川郡東川町)｜構成人数：2｜遭難者数：1｜居住地：香川県｜性別：男｜年齢：30代｜職業：会社員｜態様：負傷｜原因：病気（低体温症）
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（平成３０年）（北海道警察）
