’Copter lifts out climbers
A helicopter lifted two parties of Christchurch climbers from Mount Cook National Park yesterday after bad weather set in.
One of the climbers, Stephen Moore, was reported to be suffering from “mildly frostbitten big toes.” He and a companion, Andrew McFarlane, were taken by a Tekapo-based Whirlwide helicopter from the Beetham Hut. The pair were known to be descending from a climb of Mount Malte Brun.
The chief ranger at Mount Cook National Park, Mr Ray Slater, said that it was felt desirable to bring the pair out because of the bad weather.
On the same flight, the helicopter also picked up a pair of climbers who had been caught in a snowstorm while descending from the Plateau Hut, on the Tasman Saddle.
Malcolm Mowat, aged about 50, a doctor, and his son, Hamish Mowat, aged about 20, a university student, were picked up unharmed at the bottom of the Haast ridge about 11 a.m.
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