Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)

Date of SAR event: 2021/07/31 (Sun)

Local
Male
60’s

Age

Japan citizen

Residence

SAR Event ID 2021-77-1
No injury

Outcome

Police Mountain SAR

SAR Involved

Illness (Heatstroke)

Cause

Summer

Season

Solo

Party status

N/A

Winter Activity

Google Translated Description
While descending the mountain near the first station at around 6:00 p.m., the person in distress became incapacitated due to heat stroke, and another climber called the fire department for rescue. Rescue teams of the Hokkaido Police Mountain Disaster Rescue Team and the Fire and Rescue Team rescued the person in distress.

Extra details

Locale: Yotei-zan (羊蹄山, 1898m)
Number in party: 1
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Citizenship: Local
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2021) by the Hokkaido Police.

Original Japanese Description

遭難者は、午後6時頃1合目付近を下山中、熱中症により行動不能となり、他の登山者が消防に救助要請(※道警山岳遭難救助隊、消防救助隊が遭難者を救助)

Details as per Police data

年度:2021年度|番号:77|発生日:2021/07/31|曜日:日|山岳名、標高、市町村名:羊蹄山 (ようていざん), 1898m, (虻田郡倶知安町、京極町、喜茂別町、ニセコ町、真狩村)|構成人数:1|遭難者数:1|居住地:北海道|性別:男|年齢:60代|職業:公務員|態様:無事|原因:病気(熱中症)

出典:山岳遭難発生状況(令和3年)(北海道警察)