BREAKING: Six Australian Climbers Lost On Mt. Cook Have Been Found
Posted by Jason A. Hendricks on August 16, 2008 |
Six Australian climbers who have been missing on New Zealand’s Mt. Cook have been found alive. Local authorities were alerted to the missing hikers/climbers after a Personal locator beacon had been set off signaling that the climbers were in trouble. Rescue workers had spent the better part of two days searching for the missing group, but had been hampered by bad weather.
A helicopter spotted the party of climbers at 7:45 am New Zealand time, this morning. The climbers were found near the Metelille Glacier, near the base of Mt. Cook. All six climbers have been accounted for and have been medically checked for injuries with no one showing any kind of inury related to the two days they spent lost. Finally some good news!
It is being mentioned the the group was harder to find, even with their PLB system, because they were using an older model that does not provide an exact location like a current GPS. The members were well prepared and had left a note saying where they were going to be on Mt. Cook, and when they intended to return.