Head of Swiss Euthanasia Firm Dies While Climbing Mount Fuji; 99-Year-Old Woman Rescued
Exit said Bernhard Sutter, 58, died after collapsing on the climb, as 200,000 people typically scale the volcano each year.
- Bernhard Sutter, 58, collapsed while climbing Mount Fuji in Japan during a family vacation. Rescuers transported him to a local hospital, where he ultimately died.
- Sutter served as managing director of Exit, a prominent assisted dying firm based in Zurich, Switzerland. Exit published a statement expressing its deepest condolences to his family.
- At around 3,010 meters while ascending the Fujinomiya route, Sutter collapsed and lost consciousness. Staff used a defibrillator to rouse him, though his condition worsened rapidly.
- Sutter is the second person to die on the mountain since the hiking season began on July 1. Earlier this month, a 65-year-old man also died while climbing Japan's tallest peak.
- Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776-meter volcano each year. The mountain attracts many climbers during the hiking season, which began on July 1.
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Swiss man dies on Mount Fuji; 99-year-old woman rescued
A Swiss man died after losing consciousness hiking up Mount Fuji, authorities said yesterday, taking fatalities this climbing season on the scenic, but potentially dangerous mountain to two.Rescuers separately managed to save a 99-year-old woman, after she was injured on the mountain and sheltered i
Bernhard Sutter committed suicide in Switzerland with the organization Exit für Erdhilfe. Now the 58-year-old has died during a mountain hike in Japan.Bernhard Sutter, managing director of the Swiss euthanasia organization Exit, died at the age of 58. This is what the organisation said on its website. Accordingly, the Swiss died unexpectedly during his family holiday in Japan due to a medical emergency.Japanese media report that Sutter collapsed…
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