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Father Leaves ‘Tired’ 7-Year-Old 8,200-Feet Up Mount Fuji Alone During Hike

Carlos Perez Gallardo / REUTERS Police have reprimanded a father who left his “tired” seven-year-old son alone on Japan’s Mount Fuji for several hours while the family continued to hike. A worker spotted the boy sitting alone at a hut around 8,200 feet above sea level, which is over halfway up Japan’s tallest mountain, on Thursday and called the police. Authorities said the boy was hiking with his father and older brother, and was told to “wait here” at the hut when he became “tired” and did…
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