Quick rescue
A Royal New Zealand Air Force Iroquois helicopter found two missing trampers within 15 minutes of starting a search in the Arthur’s Pass National Park yesterday. The pair, who had become trapped in a rugged area of bush near the Hawdon River, were winched up to the helicopter after being found about 4.30 p.m. yesterday. The Otira policeman,
Constable Philip Lynch, said that the trampers, a man and a woman, were safe and well. They had slept - the night in a tent but were starting to run short of food. Members of the University of Canterbury Tramping Club, they became separated from the group of five with whom they were tramping. They were reported overdue on Sunday evening.
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Press, 22 April 1986, Page 3
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