He climbed the Fujinomiya trail again to about 10,000 feet above sea level to retrieve his forgotten cell phone and other items he had left behind, police said.

A student airlifted from near the peak of Mount Fuji returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said.

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he returned to find his phone, according to media reports. Later, officers discovered that the man was the same one who had been rescued on Mount Fuji four days previously,