ACCIDENT ON MOUNTAIN
YOUTHFUL CLIMBER INJURED. By Telegraph.—Press Araoclatlen. Christchurch, Jan. 3. A young mountaineer, Roger Chester, of Watson’s Road, Papanui, met with an accident on Thursday, which, though not serious, meant a very trying experience. He, with a companion, Ivan Tucker, joined a party that set out io climb Mount Rolleston (7447 feet), but the top being hidden by a mist, it was decided to. make towards thy Harman Pass, at a height of -3030 feet. Chester was traversing a shingle face and, starting a slide, was crushed between two largo stones, a piece of the flesh of the calf of one leg being torn away. First aid was rendered by one of the party, and then the slow journey baek started. The river had to be crossed five times in the 20-mile return to the old West Coast Road. There they fortunately met a motorist, who conveyed them to Arthur’s Pass, and the wound was treated by a medical man. Chester is making good progress.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1927, Page 7
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