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Live-streamer climbed and fell

The man was wearing casual clothes such as fleece jackets and jeans while climbing the Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.

He live-streamed a video while climbing entry-restricted area. Despite warnings from viewers, he continued climbing the mountain while freezing, but slipped and fell 800 meters with his smart phone and the viewers in his frozen hand.

by the report from viewers, Japanese police found the body that were so damaged even the gender of the victim could not be identified.

Mountaineering experts predict that if he didn't fall, he would have frozen to death without winter equipment anyway.

Submitted on 10/31/2019

Submitted by: Shinnosuke Machida
Reference: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/30/asia/mount-fuji-live-stream-body-intl-hnk-scli/index.html


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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Three things tip this from "too common" to Darwin for me: 1) The ENTIRE MOUNTAIN has been closed for a month due to dangerous conditions; 2) in the article, the guy was asking his viewers if he was on the right path(!); 3) he was out there ALONE -his viewers alerted authorities after they saw him fall. The entire collection of bad choices here is just staggering. Thanks, Shinnosuke!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Talk about unbelievable levels of stupidity. Thanks, Shinnosuke!