Sun 15 Apr, 2018 6:58 am
Christchurch doctor's drowning highlights 'inherent' river crossing risks
A Christchurch doctor who drowned while training for the Coast to Coast was inexperienced at river crossings and panicked before being swept downstream.
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Two trampers found freezing and exhausted in the bush only had hours left to live, says a rescuer.
The pair of men, aged 53 and 61 from the Manawatu region, had to be rescued after they were caught out by harsh weather conditions while travelling between huts in the Tararua Range – leaving them with no option but to hunker down and activate a personal locator beacon on Monday night.
Tue 01 May, 2018 6:19 pm
Three international students rescued after becoming stranded in snow near Mt Cook had been warned about the changing weather conditions.
A search was initiated for the three women after they were reported overdue from a tramp about 8.30pm on Sunday, a police spokesman said.
The group had become stranded in deep snow on the track up to Mueller Hut, in the Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park.
The trampers, caught out by the large amounts of snow, were able to raise the alarm using a cellphone.
The Christchurch Westpac Rescue Helicopter was also called to the scene about an hour after the women were reported overdue.
The Aoraki Alpine Team and Mackenzie Land Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteers searched for the women – two Britons and an American – and found them "in the midst of the high boulder field", Department of Conservation (DOC) senior ranger David Dittmer said.
Rescue helicopter spokesman Wayne Ledgerwood said the cellphone was triangulated to find the women about 1600 metres above sea level, in a steep basin, just after midnight.
"With the assistance of members of the Mt Cook SAR team, the group of three were winched into the helicopter and flown down to the SAR base."
Dittmer said the women were suffering from "extreme cold but were OK otherwise".
"It is fair to say these international students learnt their lesson the hard way."
Local DOC staff had told the trio they should postpone their trip due to "threatening weather conditions".
They were very appreciative of being rescued, he said.
The rescue served as a reminder about how challenging New Zealand's weather could be, and that people should heed the advice of local DOC staff when planning their wilderness adventures, Dittmer said.
DOC describes the four-hour long track from Mt Cook village to Mueller Hut as suitable for "advanced" trampers.
The alpine route zig-zags through scrub, herb fields and tussocks, and at certain times of the year becomes a "steep snow slope", according to DOC's website.
Tue 01 May, 2018 9:32 pm
Wed 02 May, 2018 10:13 am
GPSGuided wrote:Has the freeze come early there in NZ this year?
Wed 02 May, 2018 4:53 pm
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wayno wrote:Man rescued from Kaimanawa Ranges with gunshot wound
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GPSGuided wrote:Bullet proof ice?
Sat 02 Jun, 2018 6:36 pm
Sun 03 Jun, 2018 10:21 am
wayno wrote:Ice axe, crampons needed on Tongariro Alpine Crossing, police say
Police are warning people intending to tramp the Tongariro Alpine Crossing to be fully prepared after an English tourist plunged 100m down rocks and ice this morning.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/arti ... d=12062105
Sun 03 Jun, 2018 10:55 am
Strider wrote:wayno wrote:Ice axe, crampons needed on Tongariro Alpine Crossing, police say
Police are warning people intending to tramp the Tongariro Alpine Crossing to be fully prepared after an English tourist plunged 100m down rocks and ice this morning.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/arti ... d=12062105
Yet just a couple of days ago the MSC were recommending that people be fully prepared with a rain jacket...
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wayno wrote:msc divested themselves of all their volunteer instructors. the Federated mountain clubs were pretty scathing about them, they get govt money, but what they do is often duplicated already from other online sources. they called for them to have their funding taken away,
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