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Three people evacuated by helicopter from Taranaki lodge, taken to hospital

Three people evacuated by helicopter from Taranaki lodge, taken to hospital
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Ill-equipped couple wearing street shoes risked icy climb up Taranaki Maunga

Maindonald was carrying an ice axe and crampons and wearing boots to dig steps into the ground. The conditions were clear at 3pm and the sun was about to disappear behind the mountain. “I told them that they shouldn’t be on the mountain dressed as they were in the conditions.” Lindsay Maindonald/Supplied The tourists walked passed warning signs alerting climbers to be prepared for the alpine conditions. Maindonald told the couple two men had died the week before not far from where they had been. “I told them they were crazy to be up here.” The couple replied thatthey knew about the tragedy and were terrified, but had decided to take the risk, Maindonald said.

The killer in our backyard: The deadly beauty of Taranaki Maunga

Summer is the easiest time to summit due to limited ice and snow at the peak, says former police officer and alpine rescuer George White says. In the spring the soft slushy-like snow means if climbers fall they don’t slide down the mountain. ANDY JACKSON/Stuff But in the Autumn the mountain is a death trap for inexperienced climbers, he says. “The maunga can bite, and he bites hard.” The 58-year-old New Plymouth man has been involved in countless rescues and body recoveries from the maunga in his time and knows its many moods. The first recorded fatality was in autumn 1891, when 23-year-old William Southward slipped on frozen ice and fell to his death.

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