By RNZ
What happened to a pilot and four passengers aboard an ill-fated flight that went missing between Christchurch and Milford Sound 60 years ago is st
What happened to a pilot and four passengers aboard an ill-fated flight that went missing between Christchurch and Milford Sound 60 years ago is still a mystery.
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Rafting on the Landsborough River is a perfect choice for getting away from technology and people.
Richie says: “I’ve flown through this area a few times and have seen how spectacular it is. You have to fly in or hike over the Brodrick Pass to start the trip, then you can spend a few days rafting and camping your way out. I’d love to do this.”
Stuff Travel says: If there is one must-do for New Zealanders, especially for those who love wilderness and nature, it would have to be rafting the Landsborough River on the West Coast in summer. A guided adventure, it begins with a helicopter ride into the first comfortable camp before you begin a three-day adventure through untouched bush, rugged valleys and fun rapids.
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The Reeve family make their way to the Hopkins Valley. Talking to witnesses and friends of the pilot, Brian Chadwick, they believe they re in the right spot. He would have known roughly whereabouts he was and properly entered the cloud thinking he was high enough to get through the pass and he s been off to one side or the other. When you look at the area up there, it s an area where nobody would go, no-one would just stumble across it. Reeve said the discovery of a woman s boot in the remote location has led them to believe the plane was about 8000 feet up, deep in the permanent snow.