A 74-year-old man was rescued in the Northern Alps in central Japan on Sunday, a week after he suffered a fall and lost contact, police said. Kiyoyuki Tsut
TOYAMA – A 74-year-old man was rescued in the Northern Alps in central Japan on Sunday, a week after he suffered a fall and lost contact, police said.
Kiyoyuki Tsutsui from Hiroshima said he had eaten pieces of chocolate and drank water from mountain runoff while keeping himself warm with his rain gear, according to the police. He was found debilitated but his condition is not life-threatening.
Tsutsui slipped on a trail at an elevation of about 1,000 meters in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, at around 4 p.
