Summer Climbing Incidents Occurring on Fujisan’s North Face from 1989 to 2008

Conclusions This retrospective review describes the demographics of summer climbing incidents on Fujisan’s north face. Additionally, limitations to the current method of incident reporting were identified. More comprehensive recordkeeping would increase understanding of injuries and illness, which could improve resource allocation and reduce the risk of fatalities from out-of-hospital cardiac events.
Source: Wilderness and Environmental Medicine - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research