Hokkaido Police SAR Event Record (translated)
Date of SAR event: 2023/05/20 (Sat)
50’s
Age
Japan citizen
Residence
SAR Event ID 2023-61-1
No injury
Outcome
Police Helicopter
SAR Involved
Lost
Cause
Summer
Season
Solo
Party status
N/A
Winter Activity
Google Translated Description
The climber became lost and unable to move while descending the mountain at around 2:50pm, and called 110 for help (Hokkaido Prefectural Police helicopter rescued the climber)
Extra details
Locale: Yotei-zan (羊蹄山
, 1,898m)
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２時50分頃下山中に、道に迷って行動不能となったことから、 110番で救助要請（道警ヘリが遭難者を救助）
Details as per Police data
年度：2023年度｜番号：61｜発生日：2023/05/20｜曜日：土｜山岳名、標高、市町村名：羊蹄山 (ようていざん), 1898m, (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：道外｜性別：男｜年齢：50代｜職業：不明｜態様：無事｜原因：道迷い
出典：山岳遭難発生状況（令和5年）（北海道警察）