Unreported trampers
(N.Z. Press Association) DUNEDIN.
Criticism has been levelled at four Christchurch trampers who did not sign out of the Wanaka intentions book after a tramp in the Matukituki Valley.
■ The chief ranger for the Mount Aspiring National Park (Mr R. W. Cleland) said
that a search and rescue mission might have had to be launched to find the people because they had not signed out.
Tlie “intentions book” is signed by people entering the park, and includes details of their tramp, along with when they expect to return from the bush.
“It is a safety precaution, and if the book is not signed when the people return we have to suppose they are o-«rdue, and begin looking
for them,” Mr Cleland said. The four people, believed to be two married couples, were due out on December 31. As a result of their not signing, the book the rangers had to alert the police and start making inquiries. Several toll calls were made to establish whether the group was safe.
Parties of Australian trampers have been known as the worst offenders for not signing* out of th# book,
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33424, 4 January 1974, Page 1
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189Unreported trampers Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33424, 4 January 1974, Page 1
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