Adventure runner missing in Kahurangi National Park found after overnight search and rescue effort
26 Apr, 2021 06:32 PM
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The missing woman was located by one of the LandSAR teams shortly before 9am today. Photo / 123rf
The missing woman was located by one of the LandSAR teams shortly before 9am today. Photo / 123rf
NZ Herald
An experienced tramper and adventure runner reported missing in Kahurangi National Park was been found uninjured yesterday, after spending the night in the forest.
The woman s husband reported her missing to police after she didn t arrive at the Golden Bay endpoint of the track on Sunday evening.
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Leading Aircraftman Roshan Abeysundara, a promising swimming start from the SLAF set a new world record. Roshan swam from Mannar to Danuskodi, Rameshwaran in India and back, covering a distance of 59.3 Kms.
It took him a record 28 hours, 19 minutes and 58 seconds to swim from Thalaimannar to the coast of Danuskodi, Rameshwaran in India.
He will enter the Guinness World Record Book as he renewed V.S. Kumar Anandan s 50-year-old record which was set in 1971 by swimming the Palk Strait in 51 hours.
The leading Aircraftman has now conquered the seas a domain of the Navy.
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