90-year-old Japanese alpinist ascends Mt Fuji in wheelchair

How he manage to do that? Mt Fuji isn't designed to ensure accessibility.

With the help of his climbing party who dragged the chair up, he reached the summit around two hours later.

That's explain how he manage to get there.

Well done to him. A great achievement.

Didn't these people learn anything about sleds and sled dogs and propulsion?

Study kids. Wheels do not roll well on snow and gravel.

Once an alpinist always an alpinist no matter what!

Congratulations!

The wheelchair worked very well and they reached the top.

Hats off to Yuichiro Miura! Outstanding achievement.

No excuse for any of us now to not tick Fuji-san off that bucket list - even a disabled 90 year in a wheelchair old can climb it!

He was transported on his wheelchair. And it took three days to make sure his health was ok. The achievement is that at 90 and after health issues, he can still sustain altitude and could enjoy mountaineering again.

When Igarashii climbed at 101, how did he do. Walking meaning climbing.

He is a fortunate man to have such a group of people supporting him and getting him up the mountain.

I am hopeful that others, who are also in wheel chairs, and have dreams like his, get the same help and assistance to make theirs come true as well.

Hats off to the wheelchair pushers and draggers!

Great. A 90 year old was carried up the mountain. For what purpose?

Same as his 80 year old assent of Everest that cost $millions

Years back I pushed a disabled old chap 10km around a lake here on a local road race, he was a well-known local citizen.

All along the route people were giving him big Ganbares and encouragement, offering him sweets and drinks.

Nobody said jack to me, I was knackered!

Like this fellow Miura, he had a fine day and it was well worth the effort.

Well done Sir, Congratulations. At 90 and in a wheelchair is a major accomplishment.

Well done! I hope the queue to the top wasn't too long! Congrats again!

“90 year-old very rich dude hauled to the top of Fuji by a crew of other people”.

There FTFY.

Everyone seems happy to congratulate him for his 'climb', but only two people seem to have read that he was dragged up by others. I guess I'm a stickler for facts.

It is indeed inspiring to read today about the accomplishments of nonagenerians in Japan Today. Five months short of ninety-four today, I trust readers of J.T. will allow me to boast a little about a different kind of accomplishment of mine in Canada in 2020. Two friends counting the number of continued one directional spins I could make and, walk a straight line immediately afterwards, stopped me at 600 spins because they were getting dizzy. I think I could have gone on indefinitely but, in case one or both of them fell, I had to stop. In January this year I received a letter from Mary Simons, Governor General of Canada, wishing me a happy birthday. She was seven years early! I think she thinks seven years too early is better than never.

I’m looking forward to taking a drone flight over the mountain one day

i never want to climb, far too arduous

Everyone seems happy to congratulate him for his 'climb', but only two people seem to have read that he was dragged up by others.

Nobody is stupid enough to think that he did it all by himself, even if they hadn't read the article.

Perhaps they can see the charm in the story of an old mountain man being at the top of Fuji again, surrounded by friends, family, and students, and being absolutely thrilled by it no matter how he got up there.

I guess I'm a stickler for facts.

Either that or you are a bit of a mood hoover wherever you go, I guess.

I did not even know it is possible to get up there with a wheelchair. Is it that easy?

Great team work!

I did not even know it is possible to get up there with a wheelchair. Is it that easy?

It took 3 days and a team of local Sherpas to get him 1500m to the top, so no, it's not that easy.

Ascending is only half of the trip. I hope he can safely get back.

Fuji San is gonna blow his stack one day

I hope he didn't get any punctures in his tyres, I know he was dragged up to the to by a fit team of people, but it could not have been comfortable for him. I admire his courage and determination, some able bodied people can't make it into work on time, or even bother to turn up for a shift.

Can somebody please explain the background in this picture? Why and where is the heavy equipment?

Nevertheless, congratulation!

Congratulations to the people who carried a passenger to the top!

"Can somebody please explain the background in this picture? Why and where is the heavy equipment?"

Bulldozers are used to transport supplies up to the lodges at each rest station; water, for example is too heavy to be carried by hand.

Congratulations. Well done Mr Yuichiro Miura.

Everyone seems happy to congratulate him for his 'climb', but only two people seem to have read that he was dragged up by others. I guess I'm a stickler for facts.

Nothing to do with facts, just that people choose not to point out the obvious. It is also another example of a poorly written article here.

It's a nice story about a disabled rich man, who lives in a wheel chair, and can afford to have others support his dreams, paid for or otherwise, not mentioned in the article.

"Dragged up the mountain" is a degrading way of stating it. "Assisted" or maybe "pushed" or "pulled" would have been more appropriate, but the overwhelming majority here, made a conscious choice to avoid commenting on it, seems only one person, who has a hard time reading between the lines.