Thursday, 7 January 2021, 12:04 pm
Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre New
Zealand (RCCNZ) has coordinated the rescue of three
climbers – two with minor injuries - who fell onto rocks
near Stewart’s Glacier in Aoraki Mount Cook National
Park.
Search and Rescue Officer Samantha
Mildon said the group activated their personal locator
beacon (PLB) at about 9.15am on Wednesday morning, due to
injuries received from a fall of 10 to 15 metres on to rocks
on Tuesday afternoon. The tricky rescue was completed at
about 3pm yesterday when the three climbers, were taken by
helicopter to Mount Cook village for treatment which
included minor hypothermia.
Injured climbers activate PLB for rescue after fall in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park
6 Jan, 2021 08:31 PM
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Heavy cloud cover made for a challenging rescue. Photo / Jonathan Gillan of DOC Aoraki/Mt Cook Alpine rescue team
NZ Herald
Three climbers have been rescued after falling 10 to 15 metres on to rocks in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park.
Maritime NZ s Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) coordinated the rescue of the group – two with minor injuries - who fell near Stewart s Glacier.
Search and Rescue officer Samantha Mildon said the group activated their personal locator beacon (PLB) about 9.15am yesterday, due to injuries suffered after the fall the afternoon prior.
Source: Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has coordinated the rescue of two climbers – one badly injured – caught by a rock slide in steep terrain in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park.
Search Mission Coordinator, Neville Blakemore, said the climbers activated the distress alerting function of their InReach device last night at 5.30pm after the rock slide. The complicated rescue was completed at 8.50 am today when the climbers arrived at Greymouth Hospital.
Mr Blakemore said being able to activate their device may well have saved the injured climber’s life – he had an arm badly broken in two places, concussion and a badly gashed leg. The other climber was relatively unharmed and had roped the injured climber onto the steep slope to prevent him from falling and suffering further injuries.
Source: Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has coordinated the rescue of two climbers – one badly injured – caught by a rock slide in steep terrain in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park.
Search Mission Coordinator, Neville Blakemore, said the climbers activated the distress alerting function of their InReach device last night at 5.30pm after the rock slide. The complicated rescue was completed at 8.50 am today when the climbers arrived at Greymouth Hospital.
Mr Blakemore said being able to activate their device may well have saved the injured climber’s life – he had an arm badly broken in two places, concussion and a badly gashed leg. The other climber was relatively unharmed and had roped the injured climber onto the steep slope to prevent him from falling and suffering further injuries.
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