Man’s horrifying final word as he livestreams his own death on mountainside

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A man’s body was found two days after authorities were inundated with calls from concerned viewers who had tuned in to Tedzo’s final livestream in 2019The streamer was known as Tedzu(Image: YouTube/ Disaster Stories)

A hiker appeared to livestream his own death and uttered one chilling final word as he plummeted down the face of Mount Fuji.

A man’s body was discovered two days after authorities were flooded with calls from worried viewers who had watched Tedzo’s tragic final livestream in 2019.

While Mount Fuji is a beloved tourist destination with more than 300,000 people tackling it annually, climbers are banned from ascending the mountain in Japan during winter months.

Despite this ban, Tedzo tried to reach the summit of the country’s tallest peak on the afternoon of Monday 29 September, according to the Providence Journal.

The footage shows a camera’s perspective of the climb, with the mountaineer breathing heavily as he declared: “I’m rushing to the peak.”, reports the Express.

He moaned repeatedly about his freezing hands, and can be seen attempting to warm them by tucking them under his armpits.

“My fingers are losing sensation. I wish I had brought a smartphone holder. It’s in my pocket,” he said.

“My fingers are killing me. Let’s warm them up.”

In 2024 seven deaths were reported on the mountain(Image: Getty)

The route he was following then becomes narrower, with a barrier on the left, before sloping downwards.

“Oh, it’s slippery, it’s so slippery, it’s dangerous,” he said, still chuckling.

“Here are rocks. We can follow the rocks. It’s pretty dangerous. I can climb down by sliding,” he said.

“It’s steep. The path is covered with snow . . . Am I on the right path? I’m slipping! Here it’s also dangerous with this slope.”

Finally, he just said “slipping.”

The chilling sound of a slide can be heard on the livestream, along with glimpses of his boots, climbing poles, and a smartphone before it abruptly ends with a freeze frame of snow, rock and part of a blue pole. A woman’s voice is also audible in the video, seemingly emanating from his phone.

According to public broadcaster NHK, police received several calls from viewers who were watching the man’s perilous ascent. YouTube channel Dark Secrets revealed that the climber, real name Tetsu Shiohara, was battling stage 4 cancer at the time of his death.

A helicopter was dispatched by the police to search for the climber, while a 10-member rescue team began combing the area on Tuesday morning, discovering signs of a fall. However, they had yet to locate a body.

By the Wednesday, police from the Shizuoka prefecture reported finding a body, but its identity remained unconfirmed, as per NHK.

The official climbing season for the 3,776-meter peak concluded on 10 September, with the official website warning that trails and huts are closed after this date and it is “very dangerous” to attempt to climb the mountain during this period.

Despite these warnings, the U.S. Embassy notes that some climbers still try to scale the mountain during the off-season, adding that every year, “a number of climbers – including Americans – are killed while attempting to climb Mount Fuji.”

In August of the same year, a Russian woman tragically lost her life due to a falling rock. The first snowfall on Mount Fuji was observed on October 22, which is 22 days later than the average year and 26 days later than in 2018, as reported by Japanese media.