Search team finds a body after Japanese YouTuber livestreams the moment he slips and falls while hiking on Mount Fuji after ‘panting and saying his fingers are freezing’
- YouTuber TEDZU streamed his slippery climb up Mount Fuji, Japan, on Monday
- Clip stops as he slides and viewers call police at 3.35pm, say Gotenba Police
- A helicopter and 10 alpine workers deployed and confirmed traces, yesterday
- Marks were found on seventh station on the Subashiri trail at around 2,700m
- The man’s identity remains unknown and local police are investigating further
A body has been discovered on Mount Fuji after a Japanese YouTuber livestreamed the moment he fell while climbing the volcano in Japan.
Police in Shizuoka and Yamanashi, Japan, received calls from viewers that a man fell from a slope around 3.35pm on Monday, according to Gotenba Police Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
In the clip, the man who identifies himself as TEDZU on video-sharing platform Niconico, can be heard saying the ground is slippery, his hands are numb from the cold and wishes he brought heat packs.
A Japanese YouTuber livestreamed his climb up Mount Fuji, Japan, and can be heard saying the ground is slippery and his hands are numb just moments before he falls
He looks across the clouds and up to the volcano’s peak before telling viewers he is starting to slide down a 30 degree slope feet first, in the video titled ‘Let’s Go to Snowy Mt Fuji’.
The camera then starts to shake and his climbing poles are flung into the air, and the video stops.
The police sent a helicopter to the location seen in the video who discovered marks around the seventh station on the Subashiri trail at Mount Fuji, at an altitude of around 2,700 meters.
Ten alpine workers started a search yesterday and confirmed the traces of a person sliding down at 3,776 meters, they told broadcaster NHK.
An investigation was launched to see whether the body belonged to the man who livestreamed the climb.
Police received calls from viewers who watched the cameraman slip and his climbing poles flying into the air, during his expedition on Monday. His identity remains unknown and police are checking descriptions against the video
His identity remains unknown and police are checking descriptions against the video.
The YouTuber’s video could still be viewed on Niconico until Wednesday evening local time in Japan and has been uploaded by other people.
Mount Fuji has been closed since September as local police say it is increasingly dangerous in the snow.
Mount Fuji has been closed since September as local police say it is increasingly dangerous when covered in snow (pictured, file image)
And the Sabishri trail seen in the video is open from July 10 for two months.
The volcano saw its first snowcap on October 22, according to the local meteorological office in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
Police are advising people not to climb the mountain.