Chinese climb & plant banner 'Mt. Fuji belongs to China'

[Taro Toporific]

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4-year-old Chinese boy and his father climb Mt Fuji, unfurl "Mt. Fuji belongs to China" banner
Shanghaiist | 2012/10/02
China News reports ... a father and son nationalist duo from Nanjing, who summitted Mt Fuji over the holiday weekend and unfurled a banner reading "Mout Fuji belongs to China!" at the top...he expected there to be refreshment stands on the way and went woefully unprepared...the "conquerors" of Mt Fuji were eventually rescued by a Japanese first aid officer who gave them water and medical treatment.
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Ok, ok, I was just messing with you. Read the real rest-of-the-story on Shanghaiist | 2012/10/02: 4-year-old boy and his father climb Mt Fuji, unfurl "Diaoyu Islands belong to China" banner

[yanpa]

Win for freedom of speech.

he expected there to be refreshment stands on the way and went woefully unprepared...the "conquerors" of Mt Fuji were eventually rescued by a Japanese first aid officer who gave them water and medical treatment.

No conbinis on the Senkaku islands, either.

[matsuki]

Poor kid

[GomiGirl]

Poor kid

That was my thought too.

[gaijinpunch]

Haha -- the Fuji one was great.

[nikoneko]

Moron. My 5 year old has logged more miles in the mts in the last year than probably 99% of the people in the world in their whole lives and there is no way I would take him up Fuji out of season. He got what he deserved and I hope the SAR bill is huge. Poor kid.

[Russell]

On the positive side, the kid must have been thinking how kind the Japanese were to rescue him from Mt. Fuji, and what a moron his father is for putting him there in hazard's way.

[matsuki]

Moron. My 5 year old has logged more miles in the mts in the last year than probably 99% of the people in the world in their whole lives and there is no way I would take him up Fuji out of season. He got what he deserved and I hope the SAR bill is huge. Poor kid.

Think he has to pay that before he gets releaseddeported?

[Taro Toporific]

The Daily Fail just got around to reporting the story. The Chinese father and son didn't make it much past the 8th Station (3,380m).

Rescuers sent to save ‘Eagle Dad’ after he ignored warnings and took his long-suffering son on a trek up Mount Fuji
Mail Online | Oct 10, 2012
…[The father, Mr Liesheng,] admitted that he was as terrified as his children on some stretches of the climb, when the trio were forced to scale 70-degree slopes.
The militant father had not brought waterproof clothing, so a sudden downpour soaked them to the skin, and most shelters on the mountain were boarded up.
As temperatures dipped to almost zero and the air became thinner, his children began crying and Duoduo, whose real name is He Yede, was nearly collapsing with altitude sickness.
At 3,700 yards (3,400m) up, Mr Liesheng admitted defeat and the group were rescued by park rangers, who gave them warm clothes and medical treatment.
The family had just enough time to pose with a banner that read: 'The Diaoyu Islands belong to China' before beginning their descent with the help of the rangers.
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[Russell]

That was almost a Darwin Award, methinks.

He soon realised that, 'unlike a lot of Chinese mountains', Fuji does not have steps, according to Chinese media sources.

I once encountered an elevator in some Chinese mountains. Very convenient for climbing...

[Coligny]

That was almost a Darwin Award, methinks.

He soon realised that, 'unlike a lot of Chinese mountains', Fuji does not have steps, according to Chinese media sources.

I once encountered an elevator in some Chinese mountains. Very convenient for climbing...

It REALLY sound like some sekshual inuendo...

/or I need to sleep...

[legion]

The guy unrolled the banner after they came to bail his ass out?

He is a total nut, and I feel very sorry for his kids.