Despite Typhoon warning, hundreds of tourists refuse to cancel their Fuji Mountain climbing itinerary, with some camping on the trail.

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2. Links don’t work?

   Crazy people.

3. Potential Darwin Awards nominees

4. Gene pool always cleans itself.

5. I literally saw a post maybe in r/travel saying they don’t get why people hate tourists. This is why.

6. Tbf, I wasn’t afraid of typhoon until I moved here. Typhoon here is another level of freaky.

7. The problem is the juxtaposition between having a highly commercialised and supported climb vs the actual risk and challenge of doing it.

   Every single person climbing should be required to pay for insurance before they get above 5th station.

8. I was on Fuji 2 months ago when unexpected stronger winds and a downpour began near the summit. It was awful to be in and I couldn’t wait to get down. I couldn’t be paid to be anywhere on the mountain in a typhoon after that.

9. Uhhh if those on Fuji are at risk, how are flights still scheduled to leave at Haneda tomorrow?

10. Not surprising, seeing some people will risk their life and died for the Instagram likes.

11. Dummies

12. And some wonder why so many Japanese are fed up of tourists… Last time I was in Tokyo, I was literally ashamed of the behavior of most foreigners I met. If you can’t respect the locals, don’t fucking travel.

13. Citizens: good. Less foreigners the better. Their money will survive

14. You know these people aren’t real mountaineers because no one who actually climbs mountains regularly would be stupid enough to climb a mountain during a freaking typhoon.

    Ironically I climbed Tanigawa like 3 days before the typhoon hit but that’s a day hike

15. If you’ve never climbed to 3700 meters before you’re in for a surprise. Weather even on nice days can be crap at the top; It can be a hot 36 degrees and sunny at the base and 2 degrees and wet snow at the summit. Weather can change in minutes. Air is noticeable thinner; there is no real shelter once you’re really above the tree line. Even with nice forecasts you better be prepared for the elements or expect a bad time.

16. I can understand why people are doing it if there time in Japan is short, however seems dumb if they could have rescheduled (still not suggesting it since I walked twenty minutes in the rain and was miserable, which isn’t close to the typhoon weather that I know of).