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488:, standing buried in the snow, became the first survivor discovered by the rescue party. The details of disaster which struck the unit marching through the Hakkōda Mountains were established based on Corporal Gotō's testimony. The 5th Regiment and the 8th Division finally were placed on full-alert and launched major search-and-rescue/recover operations which lasted for months and involved tens of thousands of soldiers and villagers. The last survivor was found on 2 February and the last body was recovered on 28 May. 225: 466: 404:, in which 43 people died. In the case of the Hakkōda Disaster, although it was a military disaster, they were not training for shooting or combat training. They were simply climbing a winter mountain to reach their destination, a hot spring. If mountaineering is defined as aiming for a mountain destination with the itinerary and route planned in advance, then the Hakkōda Disaster is the deadliest mountain disaster in the world, with 199 fatalities in a single climb. 68: 27: 170: 342: 439:
has heavy monsoons and little sunshine which leads to heavy snowfall. The 210-man unit that made the march into the Hakkōda Mountains in the snow was selected from the 3,000-man Fifth Infantry Regiment, but consisted of many men who originated from a region with little snow and lacked experience in
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located 20 kilometres (12 mi) away in the Hakkōda Mountains. At 4 p.m. on 23 January, the unit reached the summit of Umatateba (732 metres (2,402 ft)), which was only four kilometers from the first day's objective, Tashiro Hot Spring.
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The unit missed the expected return date on 24 January, but the regimental HQ at Aomori remained optimistic until 26 January, when a 60-man rescue party to track and find the missing men was dispatched.
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On day three, 25 January 1902, the weather changed suddenly, and a temperature of −41 °C (−42 °F) was observed—the lowest in Japanese weather observation history, and there was an enormous
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during wintertime. Training in movement during winter conditions was also deemed necessary in light of a potential war with Russia, so a wintertime crossing of the Hakkōda Mountains was planned.
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In total, 193 of the 210 men froze to death en route. A further six died within two months after rescue. Eight out of 11 survivors had to have limbs amputated due to
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deemed it necessary to secure a route through the Hakkōda Mountains in the event that roads and railways were destroyed by shelling of the Aomori coastline by the
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above the Hakkōda Mountains. In the deep snow and blizzard, the soldiers wandered the northeast slope of the mountains for several days.
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The troops, slowed by their heavy supply sleds, set out from Aomori at 6:55 a.m. on 23 January 1902. Their objective was
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spent many years covering the Hakkōda disaster. In 1971, after receiving numerous documents from Ogasawara, novelist
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In 1978, a Hakkōda Disaster museum opened next to the army cemetery in Aomori.
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climbing snowy mountains. The unit also did not use local guides.
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Memorial statue of the Hakkōda Death March, portraying Corporal
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Death March on Mount Hakkōda:(八甲田山死の彷徨, Hakkōdasan shi no hōkō)
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On 27 January, the fifth day since their departure, Corporal
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The world's worst mountaineering disaster, according to the
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