Getting lost in the Bush
Sep 13th 2011, 10:47 am
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Getting lost in the Bush
Will people never learn?
Every year people die going for a walk because they don't check the weather or push their luck too far.
Seven trampers, including one suspected to be suffering from hypothermia, will have to spend a freezing night near Lewis Pass after bad weather prevented rescuers from reaching them.
The group, believed to be from New Zealand, activated a rescue beacon on the St James Walkway about 2.25pm today. They were near the Cannibal Gorge Hut, about 7km from the Lewis Pass entrance of the walkway.
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand spokeswoman Sophie Hazelhurst said the group then made contact with Canterbury Mountain Radio to say one of their party was suspected to be suffering from hypothermia.
The tramper with hypothermia was believed to be a 22-year-old woman.
A rescue helicopter was unable to reach the group because of gale force winds and low visibility in the area, but Hazelhurst said rescuers would attempt to go back at dawn tomorrow.
"Basically, the trampers will have to hunker down for the night. They're a well-prepared team though.”
Snow had recently fallen in the area, but the weather was expected to clear overnight.
The group, believed to be from New Zealand, activated a rescue beacon on the St James Walkway about 2.25pm today. They were near the Cannibal Gorge Hut, about 7km from the Lewis Pass entrance of the walkway.
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand spokeswoman Sophie Hazelhurst said the group then made contact with Canterbury Mountain Radio to say one of their party was suspected to be suffering from hypothermia.
The tramper with hypothermia was believed to be a 22-year-old woman.
A rescue helicopter was unable to reach the group because of gale force winds and low visibility in the area, but Hazelhurst said rescuers would attempt to go back at dawn tomorrow.
"Basically, the trampers will have to hunker down for the night. They're a well-prepared team though.”
Snow had recently fallen in the area, but the weather was expected to clear overnight.
Sep 13th 2011, 10:54 am
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Re: Getting lost in the Bush
I won't even go to the dairy without a space blanket if it looks like the temp is less than 19c
Sep 13th 2011, 10:59 am
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Re: Getting lost in the Bush
I was dreading what I would find in a thread by Charismatic titled the above...Hoping they're all ok in the morning
Sep 13th 2011, 11:19 am
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Re: Getting lost in the Bush
Start your own 80's porn stars thread about the big nipples and hairy muffs.
Sep 13th 2011, 11:29 am
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Re: Getting lost in the Bush
Was trying to find a picture of a muff [handwarmer tsk!] and found this
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Sep 13th 2011, 11:40 am
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Re: Getting lost in the Bush
Was trying to find a picture of a muff [handwarmer tsk!] and found this
http://www.muffdivingclub.ie/
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it's had 44,000 hits already...
Sep 14th 2011, 12:20 am
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Re: Getting lost in the Bush
The quote you used said they're a well prepared group, so they have learnt.
Tourists regularly cause bigger problems trying to do the Tongariro crossing in jandals.
Hypothermia will mean a bit of body heat sharing, thankfully (for one of the group) it's a 22 year old female not a mini-me! I was knocked down with it back in the eighties on a Salisbury Plains mid winter exercise.....poor Corporal Currie
Tourists regularly cause bigger problems trying to do the Tongariro crossing in jandals.
Hypothermia will mean a bit of body heat sharing, thankfully (for one of the group) it's a 22 year old female not a mini-me! I was knocked down with it back in the eighties on a Salisbury Plains mid winter exercise.....poor Corporal Currie
