Otago climbers killed in fall, deaths ruled accidental
6 Apr, 2021 07:06 PM
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Conor Smith. Photo: New Zealand Alpine Team. Photo / Supplied
Otago Daily Times
Two promising mountaineers who died in a fall in Fiordland National Park in 2017 were not climbing beyond their abilities, a coroner has found.
Conor Smith, 22, of Queenstown, and Sarwan Chand, 27, of Wanaka, died while attempting a challenging route on the south face of Marian Peak in the Darran Mountains on April 22, 2017.
The pair s deaths, to which there were no witnesses, was the subject of a three-day inquest in Queenstown in January last year.
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