Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2023/09/15 (Fri)
60’s
Age
Japan citizen
Residence
SAR Event ID 2023-113-1
No injury
Outcome
Disaster SAR Helicopter
SAR Involved
Fatigue
Cause
Summer
Season
Solo
Party status
N/A
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The climber descended to the 8th station refuge hut at around 11pm, but decided that it would be difficult to continue due to fatigue, so he called for help himself at Wakkanai Police Station (9/16 Hokkaido Police Mountain Rescue Team and Hokkaido Disaster Prevention Helicopter rescued the climber)
Extra details
Locale: Rishiri-zan (利尻山
, 1,721m)
Number in party: 1
Number in party requiring assistance: 1
Citizenship: JP other
References: Information translated from Mountain SAR Events (2023) by the Hokkaido Police.
Original Japanese Description
遭難者は、午後11時頃８合目の避難小屋まで下山するも、疲労のため下山が困難と判断し、自ら稚内警察署に救助要請（9/16道警山岳遭難救助隊と道防災ヘリが遭難者を救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2023年度｜番号：113｜発生日：2023/09/15｜曜日：金｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：利尻山 (りしりざん), 1721m, (利尻郡利尻町、利尻富士町)｜構成人数：1｜遭難者数：1｜居住地：道外｜性別：男｜年齢：60代｜職業：不明｜態様：無事｜原因：疲労
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（令和5年）（北海道警察）
